NR 662.083(1)(f)1.a.
a. Submits Electronic Export Information or EEI for each shipment to the Automated Export System or AES or its successor system, under the International Trade Data System or ITDS platform, in accordance with
15 CFR 30.4 (b), and includes the other information required under
15 CFR 30.6 and all of the following items in the EEI: EPA license code; commodity classification code for each hazardous waste per
15 CFR 30.6 (a) (12); EPA consent number for each hazardous waste; country of ultimate destination code per
15 CFR 30.6 (a) (5); date of export per
15 CFR 30.6 (a) (2); RCRA hazardous waste manifest tracking number, if required; quantity of each hazardous waste in shipment and units for reported quantity, if required reporting units established by value for the reported commodity classification number are in units of weight or volume per
15 CFR 30.6 (a) (15); or EPA net quantity for each hazardous waste reported in units of kilograms if solid or in units of liters if liquid, if required reporting units established by value for the reported commodity classification number are not in units of weight or volume.
NR 662.083(1)(f)1.b.
b. Complies with a paper-based process by doing the following: attaching a paper copy of the EPA Acknowledgment of Consent international movement document to the manifest, or shipping papers if a manifest is not required, which shall accompany the hazardous waste shipment. For bulk shipment exports by rail or water, the primary exporter shall provide the transporter with the paper documentation of consent which shall accompany the hazardous waste but which need not be attached to the manifest except that for exports by bulk water shipment the primary exporter shall attach the paper documentation of consent to the shipping paper. Providing the transporter with an additional copy of the manifest, and instructing the transporter via mail, email or fax to deliver that copy to the U.S. Customs official at the point the hazardous waste leaves the United States in accordance with s.
NR 663.20 (7) (d) 2. NR 662.083(1)(f)2.
2. For shipments initiated on or after the AES filing compliance date of December 31, 2017, submits EEI for each shipment to the AES or its successor system, under the ITDS platform, in accordance with
15 CFR 30.4 (b), and includes the other information required under
15 CFR 30.6 and all of the following items in the EEI: EPA license code; commodity classification code for each hazardous waste per
15 CFR 30.6 (a) (12); EPA consent number for each hazardous waste; country of ultimate destination code per
15 CFR 30.6 (a) (5); date of export per
15 CFR 30.6 (a) (2); RCRA hazardous waste manifest tracking number, if required; quantity of each hazardous waste in shipment and units for reported quantity, if required reporting units established by value for the reported commodity classification number are in units of weight or volume per
15 CFR 30.6 (a) (15); or EPA net quantity for each hazardous waste reported in units of kilograms if solid or in units of liters if liquid, if required reporting units established by value for the reported commodity classification number are not in units of weight or volume.
NR 662.083(2)(a)(a)
General notifications. At least 60 days before the first shipment of hazardous waste is expected to leave the United States, the exporter shall provide notification in English to EPA of the proposed transboundary movement. Notifications shall be submitted electronically using EPA's waste import export tracking system, or its successor system. The notification may cover up to one year of shipments of one or more hazardous wastes being sent to the same recovery or disposal facility, and shall include all of the following information:
NR 662.083(2)(a)1.
1. Exporter name and EPA identification number, address, telephone, fax number, and email address.
NR 662.083(2)(a)2.
2. Foreign receiving facility name, address, telephone, fax number, email address, technologies employed, and the applicable recovery or disposal operations as defined in s.
NR 662.081.
NR 662.083(2)(a)3.
3. If not the owner or operator of the foreign receiving facility, then the foreign importer name, address, telephone number, fax number, and email address.
NR 662.083(2)(a)4.
4. Intended transporter and/or their agent; address, telephone number, fax number, and email address.
NR 662.083(2)(a)5.
5. “U.S.” as the country of export name, “USA01” as the relevant competent authority code, and the intended U.S. port of exit.
NR 662.083(2)(a)6.
6. The ISO standard 3166 country name 2-digit code, OECD/Basel competent authority code, and the ports of entry and exit for each country of transit.
NR 662.083(2)(a)7.
7. The ISO standard 3166 country name 2-digit code, OECD/Basel competent authority code, and port of entry for the country of import.
NR 662.083(2)(a)8.
8. Statement of whether the notification covers a single shipment or multiple shipments.
NR 662.083(2)(a)11.
11. A description of each hazardous waste, including whether each hazardous waste is regulated universal waste under ch.
NR 673, or the state equivalent, spent lead-acid batteries being exported for recovery of lead under subch.
G of ch. NR 666, or the state equivalent, or industrial ethyl alcohol being exported for reclamation under s.
NR 661.0006 (1) (c) 1.; estimated total quantity of each waste in either metric tons or cubic meters; the applicable RCRA waste codes for each hazardous waste; the applicable OECD waste code from the lists incorporated by reference in
40 CFR 260.11; and the United Nations and U.S. Department of Transportation ID number for each waste.
NR 662.083(2)(a)13.
13. Certification/Declaration signed by the exporter that states: I certify that the above information is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. I also certify that legally enforceable written contractual obligations have been entered into and that any applicable insurance or other financial guarantee is or shall be in force covering the transboundary movement.
Name:
Signature:
Date:
NR 662.083(2)(b)
(b)
Exports to pre-consented recovery facilities in OECD member countries. If the recovery facility is located in an OECD member country and has been pre-consented by the competent authority of the OECD member country to recover the waste sent by exporters located in other OECD member countries, the notification may cover up to 3 years of shipments. Notifications proposing export to a pre-consented facility in an OECD member country shall include all information listed in sub.
(2) (a) 1. to
13. and additionally state that the facility is pre-consented. An exporter shall submit the notification to EPA using the allowable methods listed in sub.
(2) (a) at least 10 days before the first shipment is expected to leave the United States.
NR 662.083(2)(c)
(c)
Notifications listing interim recycling operations or interim disposal operations. If the foreign receiving facility listed in par.
(a) 2. will engage in any of the interim recovery operations R12 or R13 or interim disposal operations D13 through D15, or in the case of transboundary movements with Canada, any of the interim recovery operations R12, R13, or RC16, or interim disposal operations D13 to D14, or DC17, the notification submitted under par.
(a) shall also include the final foreign recovery or disposal facility name, address, telephone number, fax number, email address, technologies employed, and which of the applicable recovery or disposal operations R1 through R11 and D1 through D12, or in the case of transboundary movements with Canada, which of the applicable recovery or disposal operations R1 through R11, RC14 to RC15, D1 through D12, and DC15 to DC16 will be employed at the final foreign recovery or disposal facility. The recovery and disposal operations in this paragraph are defined in s.
NR 662.081.
NR 662.083(2)(d)
(d)
Renotifications. When the exporter wishes to change any of the information specified on the original notification, including increasing the estimate of the total quantity of hazardous waste specified in the original notification or adding transporters, the exporter shall submit a renotification of the changes to EPA using the allowable methods specified in par.
(a). Any shipment using the requested changes cannot take place until the countries of import and transit consent to the changes and the exporter receives an EPA AOC letter documenting the countries' consents to the changes.
NR 662.083(2)(e)
(e)
Disposal operations are not covered under an international agreement. For cases where the proposed country of import and recovery or disposal operations are not covered under an international agreement to which both the United States and the country of import are parties, EPA will coordinate with the department of state to provide the complete notification to the country of import and any countries of transit. In all other cases, EPA will provide the notification directly to the country of import and any countries of transit. A notification is complete when EPA receives a notification that EPA determines satisfies the requirements under par.
(a) 1. to
13. NR 662.083(2)(f)
(f)
Consent to the proposed transboundary movements. When the countries of import and transit consent to the proposed transboundary movements of the hazardous wastes, EPA will forward an EPA AOC letter to the exporter documenting the countries' consents. When any of the countries of import and transit objects to the proposed transboundary movements of the hazardous waste or withdraws a prior consent, EPA will notify the exporter.
NR 662.083(2)(g)
(g)
Recycling or disposal operations in a third country. Export of hazardous wastes for recycling or disposal operations that were originally imported into the United States for recycling or disposal operations in a third country is prohibited unless an exporter in the United States complies with the export requirements specified in s.
NR 662.083, including providing notification to EPA in accordance with par.
(a). In addition to listing all required information under par.
(a) 1. to
13., the exporter shall provide the original consent number issued for the initial import of the wastes in the notification, and receive an AOC from EPA documenting the consent of the competent authorities in the new country of import, the original country of export, and any transit countries prior to re-export.
NR 662.083(2)(h)
(h)
Additional information. Upon request by EPA, the exporter shall furnish to EPA any additional information the country of import requests in order to respond to a notification.
NR 662.083(3)
(3)
RCRA manifest instructions for export shipments.
The exporter shall comply with the manifest requirements specified in ss.
NR 662.020 to
662.023 except that:
NR 662.083(3)(a)
(a) In lieu of the name, site address and EPA ID number of the designated permitted facility, the exporter shall enter the name and site address of the foreign receiving facility.
NR 662.083(3)(b)
(b) In the International Shipments block, the exporter shall check the export box and enter the U.S. port of exit, city and state, from the United States.
NR 662.083(3)(c)
(c) The exporter shall list the consent number from the AOC for each hazardous waste listed on the manifest, matched to the relevant list number for the hazardous waste from block 9b. If additional space is needed, the exporter should use a continuation sheet of EPA Form 8700-22A.
NR 662.083(3)(d)
(d) The exporter may obtain the manifest from any source that is registered with the EPA as a supplier of manifests.
NR 662.083(4)
(4)
Movement document requirements for export shipments. NR 662.083(4)(a)
(a) All exporters shall ensure that a movement document meeting the conditions under par.
(b) accompanies each transboundary movement of hazardous wastes from the initiation of the shipment until it reaches the foreign receiving facility, including cases in which the hazardous waste is stored or sorted by the foreign importer prior to shipment to the foreign receiving facility, except as provided in subds.
1. and
2. NR 662.083(4)(a)1.
1. For shipments of hazardous waste within the United States solely by bulk water shipments, the exporter shall forward the movement document to the last bulk water shipment transporter to handle the hazardous waste in the United States if exported by water.
NR 662.083(4)(a)2.
2. For rail shipments of hazardous waste within the United States that start from the company originating the export shipment, the exporter shall forward the movement document to the next non-rail transporter, if any, or the last rail transporter to handle the hazardous waste in the United States if exported by rail.
NR 662.083(4)(b)1.
1. The corresponding consent numbers and hazardous waste numbers for the listed hazardous waste from the relevant EPA AOC.
NR 662.083(4)(b)2.
2. The shipment number and the total number of shipments from the EPA AOC.
NR 662.083(4)(b)3.
3. The exporter name and EPA identification number, address, telephone number, fax number, and email address.
NR 662.083(4)(b)4.
4. The foreign receiving facility name, address, telephone number, fax number, email address, technologies employed, and the applicable recovery or disposal operations as defined in s.
NR 662.081.
NR 662.083(4)(b)5.
5. If not the owner or operator of the foreign receiving facility, then the foreign importer name, address, telephone number, fax number, and email address.
NR 662.083(4)(b)6.
6. A description of each hazardous waste; quantity of each hazardous waste in the shipment; applicable RCRA hazardous waste codes for each hazardous waste; applicable OECD waste code for each hazardous waste from the lists incorporated by reference in
40 CFR 260.11; and the United Nations and U.S. Department of Transportation ID number for each hazardous waste.
NR 662.083(4)(b)8.
8. If not the exporter, then the name, address, telephone number, fax number, and email of the company originating the shipment.
NR 662.083(4)(b)9.
9. The company name, EPA ID number, address, telephone number, fax, and email address of all transporters.
NR 662.083(4)(b)10.
10. Identification, such as license, registered name or registration number, of the means of transport, including types of packaging.
NR 662.083(4)(b)12.
12. A certification or declaration signed and dated by the exporter that the information in the movement document is complete and correct.
NR 662.083(4)(b)14.
14. Each U.S. person that has physical custody of the hazardous waste from the time the movement commences until it arrives at the foreign receiving facility shall sign the movement document.
NR 662.083(4)(b)15.
15. As part of the contract requirements under sub.
(6), the exporter shall require that the foreign receiving facility send a copy of the signed movement document to confirm receipt within 3 working days of shipment delivery to the exporter, to the competent authorities of the countries of import and transit, and for shipments occurring on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the exporter shall additionally require that the foreign receiving facility send a copy to EPA at the same time using the allowable methods listed in sub.
(2) (a).
NR 662.083(5)
(5)
Duty to return or re-export hazardous wastes. When a transboundary movement of hazardous wastes cannot be completed in accordance with the terms of the contract or the consents and alternative arrangements cannot be made to recover or dispose of the waste in an environmentally sound manner in the country of import, the exporter shall ensure that the hazardous waste is returned to the United States or re-exported to a third country. If the waste shall be returned, the exporter shall provide for the return of the hazardous waste shipment within 90 days from the time the country of import informs EPA of the need to return the waste or such other period of time as the concerned countries agree. In all cases, the exporter shall submit an exception report to EPA in accordance with sub.
(8).
NR 662.083(6)(a)
(a) Exports of hazardous waste are prohibited unless they occur under the terms of a valid written contract, chain of contracts, or equivalent arrangements, such as when movement occurs between parties controlled by the same corporate or legal entity. Contracts or equivalent arrangements shall be executed by the exporter, foreign importer, if different from the foreign receiving facility, and the owner or operator of the foreign receiving facility, and shall specify responsibilities for each. Contracts or equivalent arrangements are valid for the purposes of this section only if persons assuming obligations under the contracts or equivalent arrangements have appropriate legal status to conduct the operations specified in the contract or equivalent arrangements.
NR 662.083(6)(b)
(b) Contracts or equivalent arrangements shall specify the name and EPA ID number, where available, of all of the following:
NR 662.083(6)(b)1.
1. The company from where each export shipment of hazardous waste is initiated.
NR 662.083(6)(c)
(c) Contracts or equivalent arrangements shall specify which party to the contract will assume responsibility for alternate management of the hazardous wastes if their disposition cannot be carried out as described in the notification of intent to export. In such cases, contracts shall specify all of the following:
NR 662.083(6)(c)1.
1. That the transporter or foreign receiving facility having actual possession or physical control over the hazardous wastes will immediately inform the exporter, EPA, and either the competent authority of the country of transit or the competent authority of the country of import of the need to make alternate management arrangements
.
NR 662.083(6)(c)2.
2. That the person specified in the contract will assume responsibility for the adequate management of the hazardous wastes in compliance with applicable laws and regulations including, if necessary, arranging the return of hazardous wastes and, as the case may be, shall provide the notification for re-export to the competent authority in the country of import and include the equivalent of the information required in sub.
(2) (a), the original consent number issued for the initial export of the hazardous wastes in the notification, and obtain consent from EPA and the competent authorities in the new country of import and any transit countries prior to re-export.
NR 662.083(6)(d)
(d) Contracts shall specify that the foreign receiving facility send a copy of the signed movement document to confirm receipt within 3 working days of shipment delivery to the exporter and to the competent authorities of the countries of import and transit. For contracts that will be in effect on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the contracts shall additionally specify that the foreign receiving facility send a copy to EPA at the same time using the allowable methods listed in sub.
(2) (a) on or after that date.
NR 662.083(6)(e)
(e) Contracts shall specify that the foreign receiving facility shall send a copy of the signed and dated confirmation of recovery or disposal, as soon as possible, but no later than 30 days after completing recovery or disposal on the waste in the shipment and no later than one calendar year following receipt of the waste, to the exporter and to the competent authority of the country of import. For contracts that will be in effect on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the contracts shall additionally specify that the foreign receiving facility send a copy to EPA at the same time using the allowable methods listed in sub.
(2) (a) on or after that date.
NR 662.083(6)(f)
(f) Contracts shall specify that the foreign importer or the foreign receiving facility that performed interim recycling operations R12, R13, or RC16, or interim disposal operations D13 through D15 or DC17, recovery and disposal operations defined in s.
NR 662.081, as appropriate, shall do all of the following:
NR 662.083(6)(f)1.
1. Provide the notification required in par.
(c) 2. prior to any re-export of the hazardous wastes to a final foreign recovery or disposal facility in a third country.
NR 662.083(6)(f)2.
2. Promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or disposal that it receives from the final foreign recovery or disposal facility within one year of shipment delivery to the final foreign recovery or disposal facility that performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11, or RC16, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12, DC15 or DC16 to the competent authority of the country of import. For contracts that will be in effect on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the contracts shall additionally specify that the foreign facility send copies to EPA at the same time using the allowable method listed in sub.
(2) (a) on or after that date.
NR 662.083(6)(g)
(g) Contracts or equivalent arrangements shall include provisions for financial guarantees, if required by the competent authorities of the country of import and any countries of transit, in accordance with applicable national or international law requirements.
NR 662.083 Note
Note: Financial guarantees so required are intended to provide for alternate recycling, disposal or other means of sound management of the wastes in cases where arrangements for the shipment and the recovery operations cannot be carried out as foreseen. The United States does not require such financial guarantees at this time; however, some OECD member countries and other foreign countries do. It is the responsibility of the exporter to ascertain and comply with such requirements. In some cases, persons or facilities located in those OECD member countries or other foreign countries may refuse to enter into the necessary contracts absent specific references or certifications to financial guarantees.
NR 662.083(6)(h)
(h) Contracts or equivalent arrangements shall contain provisions requiring each contracting party to comply with all applicable requirements of this subchapter.
NR 662.083(6)(i)
(i) Upon request by EPA, U.S. exporters, importers, or recovery facilities shall submit to EPA copies of contracts, chain of contracts, or equivalent arrangements, such as when movement occurs between parties controlled by the same corporate or legal entity.
NR 662.083(7)
(7)
Annual reports. The exporter shall file an annual report with EPA no later than March 1 of each year summarizing the types, quantities, frequency, and ultimate destination of all such hazardous waste exported during the previous calendar year. Prior to one year after the AES filing compliance date, the exporter shall mail or hand-deliver annual reports to EPA using one of the addresses specified in s.
NR 662.082 (5), or submit to EPA using the allowable methods specified in sub.
(2) (a) if the exporter has electronically filed EPA information in AES, or its successor system, under sub.
(1) (f) 1. a. for all shipments made the previous calendar year. Subsequently, the exporter shall submit annual reports to EPA using the allowable methods specified in sub.
(2) (a). The annual report shall include all of the following:
NR 662.083(7)(a)
(a) The EPA identification number, name, and mailing and site address of the exporter filing the report.
NR 662.083(7)(c)
(c) The name and site address of each foreign receiving facility.
NR 662.083(7)(d)
(d) By foreign receiving facility, for each hazardous waste exported:
NR 662.083(7)(d)5.
5. The name and EPA ID number, where applicable, for each transporter used over the calendar year covered by the report.
NR 662.083(7)(d)6.
6. The consent number under which the hazardous waste was shipped, and for each consent number, the total amount of the hazardous waste and the number of shipments exported during the calendar year covered by the report.
NR 662.083(7)(e)
(e) In even-numbered years, for each hazardous waste exported, except for hazardous waste produced by exporters of greater than 100 kilograms but less than 1,000 kilograms in a calendar month, and except for hazardous waste for which information was already provided according to s.
NR 662.041:
NR 662.083(7)(e)1.
1. A description of the efforts undertaken during the year to reduce the volume and toxicity of the waste generated.
NR 662.083(7)(e)2.
2. A description of the changes in volume and toxicity of the waste actually achieved during the year in comparison to previous years to the extent such information is available for years prior to 1984.
NR 662.083(7)(f)
(f) A certification signed by the exporter that states: I certify under penalty of law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the information submitted in this and all attached documents, and that based on my inquiry of those individuals immediately responsible for obtaining the information, I believe that the submitted information is true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.
