State-Only Waste Manifest Register

PROBLEM: The e-Manifest system does not only cover federally regulated waste — it also covers manifests for state-only regulated wastes that are subject to manifest requirements under state law. A waste that is hazardous only in one state still needs its manifest, and its record still belongs in the national system. But state-only wastes are easy to lose: the federal rules do not mention them, and the state rules do not feed a national database on their own.

SOLUTION: A state-only waste manifest register: every state-only regulated waste shipment logged with its state, its state waste code and its e-Manifest submission, with unfiled state-only manifests flagged — so a waste that is hazardous in only one state is still tracked nationally.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — e-Manifest covers state-only regulated wastes subject to state manifest requirements; source: EPA e-Manifest FAQ.