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EPA requires hazardous waste generators to properly package, label, and mark all hazardous waste shipments, placard the vehicles used for shipping the wastes following DOT’s hazardous materials regulations, and ship the waste using the uniform hazardous waste manifest. Hazardous waste is a subset of hazardous materials
EPA’s “pre-shipping” regulations for hazardous waste require generators to properly package, mark and label, placard, and manifest shipments of hazardous waste.
DOT’s Hazardous Materials Regulations apply to all private, common, and contract carriers transporting hazardous materials in commerce. The regulations are prescribed to minimize the dangers to life and property related to the transportation of the hazardous materials.
Federal regulations allow you to transport your own hazardous waste to a designated TSDF provided that you follow all of DOT’s rules. Note that some states do not allow this practice.