e-Manifest Correction Audit Trail

PROBLEM: Paper manifest corrections are no longer accepted — since January 22, 2025 every correction must be submitted electronically through the e-Manifest system. A manifest can be updated, signed and corrected in the system, which is good for accuracy and bad for accountability if corrections are not themselves logged: a waste code changed after the fact, a quantity revised, a facility swapped. Without a correction trail, the final manifest hides its own history.

SOLUTION: An e-Manifest correction audit trail: every post-receipt correction logged with its original value, its new value, who made it and when — so a corrected manifest carries its full history, not just its final form.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — paper manifest corrections no longer accepted after January 22, 2025; manifests can be updated, signed and corrected in e-Manifest; sources: uswonline.com; epa.gov FAQ.