N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0905 – Manifest system
§ 27-0905. Manifest system.
Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0905
- Administrator: means the administrator of the federal environmental protection agency. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
- Disposal: means the abandonment, discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any substance so that such substance or any related constituent thereof may enter the environment. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
- Hazardous waste: means a waste or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:
a. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901 - Manifest: means the form used for identifying the quantity, composition, and the origin, routing, and destination of hazardous waste during its transportation from the point of generation to the point of disposal, treatment, or storage. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
- Storage: means the containment of hazardous waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such hazardous waste. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
- Transport: means the movement of hazardous waste from the point of generation to any intermediate points and finally to the point of ultimate storage or disposal. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
- Treatment: means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to neutralize such waste or as to render such waste nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
- Waste: means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under section four hundred two of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
Not later than six months after the promulgation of regulations for hazardous wastes pursuant to paragraph one of section 27-0903 of this title, and after consultation and coordination with the commissioner of transportation, the commissioner shall promulgate in a manner consistent with the state administrative procedure act, regulations establishing a manifest system by which to monitor the transportation, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste and to assure that such acts are performed in a manner consistent with this title. Such manifest systems shall conform to that adopted by the administrator pursuant to RCRA. Where appropriate and consistent with the provisions of RCRA, the commissioner may provide for exemption from the provisions of this section for the transport of hazardous waste by the generator from one facility to another owned and operated by the generator. As a minimum such system shall require that:
1. Hazardous waste generators use a specified form identifying the composition, quantity and disposition of each shipment of hazardous waste;
2. Copies of manifest be carried during transportation of hazardous waste; and
3. Hazardous waste generators, hazardous waste transporters and owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities maintain copies of manifest for at least three years.