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Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT 

§ 172.205 

and certain materials may be required 
to be transported in packagings meet-
ing a more stringent performance 
level. 

(ii) [Reserved] 
(4) 

Radioactive material. 

Each person 

who offers any radioactive material for 
transportation aboard a passenger-car-
rying aircraft shall sign (mechanically 
or manually) a printed certificate stat-
ing that the shipment contains radio-
active material intended for use in, or 
incident to, research, or medical diag-
nosis or treatment. 

(d) 

Signature. 

The certifications re-

quired by paragraph (a) or (c) of this 
section: 

(1) Must be legibly signed by a prin-

cipal, officer, partner, or employee of 
the shipper or his agent; and 

(2) May be legibly signed manually, 

by typewriter, or by other mechanical 
means. 

(3) For transportation by rail, when 

transmitted by telephone or electroni-
cally, the signature must be in one of 
the following forms: The name of the 
principal person, partner, officer, or 
employee of the offeror or his agent in 
a computer field defined for that pur-
pose. 

[Amdt. 172–29A, 41 FR 40677, Sept. 20, 1976] 

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tations affecting § 172.204, see the List of CFR 
Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume 
and at 

www.fdsys.gov. 

§ 172.205

Hazardous waste manifest. 

(a) No person may offer, transport, 

transfer, or deliver a hazardous waste 
(waste) unless an EPA Form 8700–22 
and 8700–22A (when necessary) haz-
ardous waste manifest (manifest) is 
prepared in accordance with 40 CFR 
262.20 and is signed, carried, and given 
as required of that person by this sec-
tion. 

(b) The shipper (generator) shall pre-

pare the manifest in accordance with 40 
CFR part 262. 

(c) The original copy of the manifest 

must be dated by, and bear the hand-
written signature of, the person rep-
resenting: 

(1) The shipper (generator) of the 

waste at the time it is offered for 
transportation, and 

(2) The initial carrier accepting the 

waste for transportation. 

(d) A copy of the manifest must be 

dated by, and bear the handwritten sig-
nature of the person representing: 

(1) Each subsequent carrier accepting 

the waste for transportation, at the 
time of acceptance, and 

(2) The designated facility receiving 

the waste, upon receipt. 

(e) A copy of the manifest bearing all 

required dates and signatures must be: 

(1) Given to a person representing 

each carrier accepting the waste for 
transportation, 

(2) Carried during transportation in 

the same manner as required by this 
subchapter for shipping papers, 

(3) Given to a person representing the 

designated facility receiving the waste, 

(4) Returned to the shipper (gener-

ator) by the carrier that transported 
the waste from the United States to a 
foreign destination with a notation of 
the date of departure from the United 
States, and 

(5) Retained by the shipper (gener-

ator) and by the initial and each subse-
quent carrier for three years from the 
date the waste was accepted by the ini-
tial carrier. Each retained copy must 
bear all required signatures and dates 
up to and including those entered by 
the next person who received the 
waste. 

(f) 

Transportation by rail. 

Notwith-

standing the requirements of para-
graphs (d) and (e) of this section, the 
following requirements apply: 

(1) When accepting hazardous waste 

from a non-rail transporter, the initial 
rail transporter must: 

(i) Sign and date the manifest ac-

knowledging acceptance of the haz-
ardous waste; 

(ii) Return a signed copy of the mani-

fest to the non-rail transporter; 

(iii) Forward at least three copies of 

the manifest to: 

(A) The next non-rail transporter, if 

any; 

(B) The designated facility, if the 

shipment is delivered to that facility 
by rail; or 

(C) The last rail transporter des-

ignated to handle the waste in the 
United States; and 

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