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49 CFR Ch. I (10–1–23 Edition) 

§ 172.205 

§ 173.27 of this subchapter. Other re-
quirements may also apply. For exam-
ple, single packagings may be prohib-
ited, inner packaging may need to be 
packed in intermediate packagings, 
and certain materials may be required 
to be transported in packagings meet-
ing a more stringent performance 
level. 

(ii) [Reserved] 
(4) 

Radioactive material. 

Each person 

who offers any radioactive material for 
transportation aboard a passenger-car-
rying aircraft shall sign (mechanically 
or manually) a printed certificate stat-
ing that the shipment contains radio-
active material intended for use in, or 
incident to, research, or medical diag-
nosis or treatment. 

(d) 

Signature. 

The certifications re-

quired by paragraph (a) or (c) of this 
section: 

(1) Must be legibly signed by a prin-

cipal, officer, partner, or employee of 
the shipper or his agent; and 

(2) May be legibly signed manually, 

by typewriter, or by other mechanical 
means. 

(3) For transportation by rail, when 

transmitted by telephone or electroni-
cally, the signature must be in one of 
the following forms: The name of the 
principal person, partner, officer, or 
employee of the offeror or his agent in 
a computer field defined for that pur-
pose. 

[Amdt. 172–29A, 41 FR 40677, Sept. 20, 1976] 

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tations affecting § 172.204, see the List of CFR 
Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume 
and at 

www.govinfo.gov. 

§ 172.205

Hazardous waste manifest. 

(a) No person may offer, transport, 

transfer, or deliver a hazardous waste 
(waste) unless an EPA Form 8700–22 
and 8700–22A (when necessary) haz-
ardous waste manifest (manifest) is 
prepared in accordance with 40 CFR 
262.20 and is signed, carried, and given 
as required of that person by this sec-
tion. 

(b) The shipper (generator) shall pre-

pare the manifest in accordance with 40 
CFR part 262. 

(c) The original copy of the manifest 

must be dated by, and bear the hand-

written signature of, the person rep-
resenting: 

(1) The shipper (generator) of the 

waste at the time it is offered for 
transportation, and 

(2) The initial carrier accepting the 

waste for transportation. 

(d) A copy of the manifest must be 

dated by, and bear the handwritten sig-
nature of the person representing: 

(1) Each subsequent carrier accepting 

the waste for transportation, at the 
time of acceptance, and 

(2) The designated facility receiving 

the waste, upon receipt. 

(e) A copy of the manifest bearing all 

required dates and signatures must be: 

(1) Given to a person representing 

each carrier accepting the waste for 
transportation, 

(2) Carried during transportation in 

the same manner as required by this 
subchapter for shipping papers, 

(3) Given to a person representing the 

designated facility receiving the waste, 

(4) Returned to the shipper (gener-

ator) by the carrier that transported 
the waste from the United States to a 
foreign destination with a notation of 
the date of departure from the United 
States, and 

(5) Retained by the shipper (gener-

ator) and by the initial and each subse-
quent carrier for three years from the 
date the waste was accepted by the ini-
tial carrier. Each retained copy must 
bear all required signatures and dates 
up to and including those entered by 
the next person who received the 
waste. 

(f) 

Transportation by rail. 

Notwith-

standing the requirements of para-
graphs (d) and (e) of this section, the 
following requirements apply: 

(1) When accepting hazardous waste 

from a non-rail transporter, the initial 
rail transporter must: 

(i) Sign and date the manifest ac-

knowledging acceptance of the haz-
ardous waste; 

(ii) Return a signed copy of the mani-

fest to the non-rail transporter; 

(iii) Forward at least three copies of 

the manifest to: 

(A) The next non-rail transporter, if 

any; 

(B) The designated facility, if the 

shipment is delivered to that facility 
by rail; or 

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§ 172.300 

(C) The last rail transporter des-

ignated to handle the waste in the 
United States; and 

(iv) Retain one copy of the manifest 

and rail shipping paper in accordance 
with 40 CFR 263.22. 

(2) Rail transporters must ensure 

that a shipping paper containing all 
the information required on the mani-
fest (excluding the EPA identification 
numbers, generator certification and 
signatures) and, for exports, an EPA 
Acknowledgment of Consent accom-
panies the hazardous waste at all 
times. Intermediate rail transporters 
are not required to sign either the 
manifest or shipping paper. 

(3) When delivering hazardous waste 

to the designated facility, a rail trans-
porter must: 

(i) Obtain the date of delivery and 

handwritten signature of the owner or 
operator of the designated facility on 
the manifest or the shipping paper (if 
the manifest has not been received by 
the facility); and 

(ii) Retain a copy of the manifest or 

signed shipping paper in accordance 
with 40 CFR 263.22. 

(4) When delivering hazardous waste 

to a non-rail transporter, a rail trans-
porter must: 

(i) Obtain the date of delivery and 

the handwritten signature of the next 
non-rail transporter on the manifest; 
and 

(ii) Retain a copy of the manifest in 

accordance with 40 CFR 263.22. 

(5) Before accepting hazardous waste 

from a rail transporter, a non-rail 
transporter must sign and date the 
manifest and provide a copy to the rail 
transporter. 

(g) The person delivering a hazardous 

waste to an initial rail carrier shall 
send a copy of the manifest, dated and 
signed by a representative of the rail 
carrier, to the person representing the 
designated facility. 

(h) A hazardous waste manifest re-

quired by 40 CFR part 262, containing 
all of the information required by this 
subpart, may be used as the shipping 
paper required by this subpart. 

(i) The shipping description for a haz-

ardous waste must be modified as re-
quired by § 172.101(c)(9). 

(j) Electronic manifests that are ob-

tained, completed, and transmitted in 

accordance with 40 CFR262.20(a)(3), and 
used in accordance with 40 CFR 262.24 
in lieu of EPA Forms 8700–22 and 8700– 
22A are the legal equivalent of paper 
manifest forms bearing handwritten 
signatures, and satisfy for all purposes 
any requirements in these regulations 
to obtain, complete, sign, provide, use, 
or retain a manifest. Electronic signa-
tures in conformance with 40 CFR 
262.25 are therefore acceptable in lieu 
of handwritten signatures required by 
paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section 
provided one printed copy of the elec-
tronic manifest bearing the electronic 
signature is provided to the initial 
transporter as required by 40 CFR 
262.24(d). A copy of the electronic mani-
fest would satisfy the 3-year retention 
requirement for maintaining a copy of 
the manifest. 

[Amdt. 172–58, 45 FR 34698, May 22, 1980, as 
amended by Amdt. 172–90, 49 FR 10510, Mar. 
20, 1984; 49 FR 11184, Mar. 26, 1984; Amdt. 172– 
248, 61 FR 28675, June 5, 1996; 70 FR 34075, 
June 13, 2005; 83 FR 55806, Nov. 7, 2018] 

Subpart D—Marking 

§ 172.300

Applicability. 

(a) Each person who offers a haz-

ardous material for transportation 
shall mark each package, freight con-
tainer, and transport vehicle con-
taining the hazardous material in the 
manner required by this subpart. 

(b) When assigned the function by 

this subpart, each carrier that trans-
ports a hazardous material shall mark 
each package, freight container, and 
transport vehicle containing the haz-
ardous material in the manner required 
by this subpart. 

(c) Unless otherwise provided in a 

specific rule, stocks of preprinted pack-
agings marked in accordance with this 
subpart prior to the effective date of a 
final rule may be continued in use, in 
the manner previously authorized, 
until depleted or for a one-year period 
subsequent to the compliance date of 
the marking amendment, whichever is 
less. 

[Amdt. 172–101, 45 FR 74666, Nov. 10, 1980, as 
amended at 76 FR 3365, Jan. 19, 2011]