Amid Pandemic, EPA Eases Waste Manifest Signature Requirements

EPA has relaxed hazardous waste manifest signature requirements on paper forms to aid waste handlers in maintaining social distancing measures during the COVID-19 public health emergency, a move that could aid EPA efforts to boost the number of generators and transporters moving to the electronic manifest (e-Manifest) system. In a May 18 memo signed by EPA waste office chief Peter Wright and enforcement head Susan Bodine, the agency says it is offering hazardous waste generators “flexibility with respect to signatures...