New Hazardous Waste Manifest Rules - a PDH Online Course for Engineers, Surveyors and Architects

New Hazardous Waste Manifest Rules

Course Outline

This course uses material posted on the EPA website and is organized in the following sections:

1. New Hazardous Waste Manifest System
2. Acquiring Manifest Forms
3. Manifest Completion Instructions
4. Link to State-Specific Requirements
5. Course Summary

Adobe Flash Player and access to the Internet are required to complete this course. Flash Player can be downloaded for no cost from http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end that is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Learning Objective

At the conclusion of this one-hour course, the student will understand:

The key changes in the new manifest form;
Where to obtain new manifest forms; and
The instructions for completing the manifest to comply with the new regulations.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for the following:

Engineers, supervisors, and managers responsible for operations that ship hazardous waste to off-site treatment, storage, and disposal facilities;
Environmental engineers and consultants who provide environmental compliance services;
Hazardous waste shipping supervisors; and
Anyone responsible for preparing, shipping, tracking, or receiving hazardous waste.

Benefit to Attendees

Attendees of this course will be able to ensure that operations under their responsibility comply with the new hazardous waste manifest rule, avoiding potential non-compliance situations.

Course Introduction

On March 4, 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published new regulations that significantly changed the hazardous waste manifest system. Central to the rule change was a new hazardous waste manifest form, a standardized form that is to be used nation-wide in all states and territories, replacing approximately 24 state-specific variations of the old form. The rule change allowed an 18-month transition period, which ended on September 4, 2006. Since September 5, 2006, only the new standardized manifest form and the new manifest completion instructions are valid for use.

This one-hour course summarizes the new hazardous waste manifest rule, shows you where you can obtain the new standardized manifest, and provides instructions for completion of the new manifests. This course is not intended to provide instructions on other aspects of hazardous waste management regulations.

Course Content

The course content is in a PDF file (5 MB) New Hazardous Waste Manifest Rules. You need to open or download this document to study this course.

Course Summary

One aspect of the United States hazardous waste regulations - manifest use - has been made simpler, less confusing, and more streamlined. Since September 5, 2006, hazardous waste generators, transporters, and receiving facilities must comply with the streamlined hazardous waste manifest requirements for each shipment. Using the new standardized hazardous waste manifest form and completing manifests according to the new instructions will help to ensure that your hazardous waste shipment documentation is in compliance with the current regulations.

Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.