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42 U.S. Code § 6939g. Hazardous waste electronic manifest system
(a) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Board
The term “Board” means the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board established under subsection (f).
(2) Fund
The term “Fund” means the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund established by subsection (d).
(3) Person
The term “person” includes an individual, corporation (including a Government corporation), company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, trust, municipality, commission, Federal agency, State, political subdivision of a State, or interstate body.
(4) System
The term “system” means the hazardous waste electronic manifest system established under subsection (b).
(5) UserThe term “user” means a hazardous waste generator, a hazardous waste transporter, an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, recycling, or disposal facility, or any other person that—
(A)
is required to use a manifest to comply with any Federal or State requirement to track the shipment, transportation, and receipt of hazardous waste or other material that is shipped from the site of generation to an off-site facility for treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling; and
(B)
(i)
elects to use the system to complete and transmit an electronic manifest format; or
(ii)
submits to the system for data processing purposes a paper copy of the manifest (or data from such a paper copy), in accordance with such regulations as the Administrator may promulgate to require such a submission.