[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 25]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR262.27]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 262_STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE--Table of 
 
                         Subpart B_The Manifest
 
Sec. 262.27  Waste minimization certification.

    A generator who initiates a shipment of hazardous waste must certify 
to one of the following statements in Item 15 of the uniform hazardous 
waste manifest:
    (a) ``I am a large quantity generator. I have a program in place to 
reduce the volume and toxicity of waste generated to the degree I have 
determined to be economically practicable and I have selected the 
practicable method of treatment, storage, or disposal currently 
available to me which minimizes the present and future threat to human 
health and the environment;'' or
    (b) ``I am a small quantity generator. I have made a good faith 
effort to minimize my waste generation and select the best waste 
management method that is available to me and that I can afford.''

[70 FR 10817, Mar. 4, 2005]