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Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT 

§ 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]