[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR262.42]

[Page 160-161]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 262--STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart D--Recordkeeping and Reporting
 
Sec. 262.42  Exception reporting.

    (a)(1) A generator of greater than 1000 kilograms of hazardous waste 
in a calendar month who does not receive a copy of the manifest with the 
handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the designated 
facility within 35 days of the date the waste was accepted by the 
initial transporter must contact the transporter and/or the owner or 
operator of the designated facility to determine the status of the 
hazardous waste.
    (2) A generator of greater than 1000 kilograms of hazardous waste in 
a calendar month must submit an Exception Report to the EPA Regional 
Administrator for the Region in which the generator is located if he has 
not received a copy of the manifest with

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the handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the designated 
facility within 45 days of the date the waste was accepted by the 
initial transporter. The Exception Report must include:
    (i) A legible copy of the manifest for which the generator does not 
have confirmation of delivery;
    (ii) A cover letter signed by the generator or his authorized 
representative explaining the efforts taken to locate the hazardous 
waste and the results of those efforts.
    (b) A generator of greater than 100 kilograms but less than 1000 
kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month who does not receive a 
copy of the manifest with the handwritten signature of the owner or 
operator of the designated facility within 60 days of the date the waste 
was accepted by the initial transporter must submit a legible copy of 
the manifest, with some indication that the generator has not received 
confirmation of delivery, to the EPA Regional Administrator for the 
Region in which the generator is located.
    Note: The submission to EPA need only be a handwritten or typed note 
on the manifest itself, or on an attached sheet of paper, stating that 
the return copy was not received.

[52 FR 35898, Sept. 23, 1987]