Effective June 30, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) launched e-Manifest, its national electronic system
for tracking hazardous waste shipments. In its July 2, 2018, press release, the EPA heralds
e-Manifest as a system that "will improve access to higher
quality and more timely hazardous waste shipment data and save
industry and states valuable time and resources to the tune of $90
million annually."
The EPA created e-Manifest, pursuant to the 2012 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment
Act (e-Manifest Act), to serve as a centralized reporting hub
and database for hazardous waste manifests and shipment data. One
of the goals of this centralized database is increased
effectiveness of regulators' compliance monitoring of waste
shipments. With e-Manifest, states, tribes and the public can
access e-Manifest data 90 days after the date of receipt at the
receiving facility of the manifested hazardous waste shipment.
