Chapter 3

Waste Transporters

(1) 3-1 REQUIREMENTS FOR WASTE TRANSPORTERS

A person who wishes to be registered as waste transporter by the DENR shall submit
the registration form as provided for in Appendix “C”, together with documents
indicated below and pay of the prescribed fee to the EMB Central Office.

a) Business Permit/SEC Registration Certificate

b) Description/Specification of Conveyance, Details of Transport Service
c) Photographs of conveyance (inside and outside parts of vehicle)
d) Sketch/Photograph of a garage
e) Proof of ownership of vehicle (Contract of Lease and/or Deed of Sale, if
applicable)
f) Certification from the Bureau of Fire Protection, in case of tank lorry
Contingency/Emergency Preparedness Plan
g) Accountability Statement (duly notarized)
h) Copy of the Certificate of Registration and Official Receipt ( LTO)

If the applicant meets the requirements, the EMB will issue DENR Transporter I.D.
Number to the applicant and include the transporter in the “Waste Transporter Register”
maintained by the EMB. The transporter is now duly registered with the EMB for a
period of one (1) year. Procedural Flow attached as Appendix C-1.

The transporter can now apply for the Permit to Transport at the Regional Office where
the treater is located. Procedural flow with requirements attached as Appendix C-2.

(1) Responsibilities Of Transporters

a. The waste transporters are allowed to transport only the type of hazardous
wastes identified in their Registration from registered generators to registered
TSD facilities.
b. Transporters shall receive hazardous wastes from a generator with proper
manifest form.
c. Each type of hazardous wastes to be transported should have a Wastes Transport
Record or manifest form as provided for in Chapter 4.
d. The manifest form shall be accompanied by a Spill Response Plan
e. Transporters shall receive only hazardous wastes which are properly packaged
and labeled and shall deliver the same only to a recognized TSD facility
allowed to treat or dispose said specific type of hazardous wastes.
f. In the selection of transport route, the waste transporter must avoid densely
populated areas, watershed or catchment areas, and other environmentally
sensitive areas.

g. The transport vehicles shall have warning signs, markings, and other

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 requirements by the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC)
regarding shipment of hazardous goods
h. The waste transporter must attach the symbols on the conveyances as provided
in Chapter 5.
i. The waste transporter is required to deliver the entire quantity of waste accepted
from either the waste generator or another waste transporter (if applicable) to the
designated TSD facilities listed on the manifest form.
j. If the waste cannot be delivered to the destination indicated on the manifest
form, the transporter must inform the waste generator. The waste generator will
instruct the waste transporter either to return it to the generator or transport it to
another TSD facility to which the generator has a previous agreement.
k. The waste transporter shall ensure that hazardous waste of different sub-
category or different waste generator should not be mixed during the transport,
transshipment, and/or storage of the waste.
l. The transporter shall immediately notify the DENR through the EMB Regional
Office having jurisdiction over the Region in which the waste transporter
conveys hazardous waste, the DOTC, the local police, and other parties listed on
the emergency contingency plan in case of accidents or spills and clean up the
contamination according to the spill response plan provided by the waste
generator. The waste transporter must file within ten (10) days a detailed report
to the DENR through the EMB Regional Office, describing the accident, spill,
and containment or cleanup measures taken.
m. The waste transporter may store hazardous waste received from a waste
generator at a transfer station for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days. In this
case, the transfer station shall meet the technical requirements for a TSD facility.

n. An Affidavit of Undertaking specifying responsibilities and liabilities of waste

generator, transporter, and treater for clean-up operations and compensation for
damages to properties and life in case of spill and other accidents/emergencies is
required and should be submitted to the EMB regional offices concerned prior to
transport.
o. In case of inter-island shipment, the shipping vessel firm should be a party to
the required affidavit of undertaking.

Any violation of the above conditions is considered as administrative violation under

RA 6969 and subject to penalty as provided for in Chapter 8.

(2) Notification of change in information in the registration form

If there is a change in the information in the registration form, the waste transporter is
required to notify the EMB Central Office immediately in writing.

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(3) Renewal of registration

A waste transporter shall renew its DENR Transporter I.D. Number one (1) month prior
to the expiration date. Renewal procedure shall follow the initial registration procedure.

In addition to the documents required during the initial registration, the Transporter
shall submit a summary of transported hazardous wastes within the previous year.
Reports submitted shall also be a basis for the renewal of registration. Inaccuracies in
reporting shall be subject to administrative violation and subject to penalty as provided
in Chapter 8.

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Chapter 4
Waste Transport Record or Manifest System

4-1 WASTE TRANSPORT RECORD (MANIFEST)

(1) Waste transport record (manifest) form

A waste transport record (hereafter referred to as manifest) accompanying the

hazardous waste while the waste is being transported shall contain the following
information and in a form as provided for in Appendix “D”:

Section A: Generator Information

a. Name, address, DENR ID number, and telephone and fax numbers
of the waste generator,
b. Class, sub-classification, and quantity of each hazardous waste
c. Type of container used during transport
d. Intended methods of hazardous wastes treatment, storage, recycling,
reprocessing, or disposal at TSD facilities
e. Special Instructions

Section B: Transporter Information

a. Name, address. DENR Transporter ID number and telephone, fax

numbers of wastes transporter
b. Name/signature, designation of Authorized Representative and date
wastes received and shipped by wastes transporter

Section C: TSD Information

a. Name/address, DENR ID number, and telephone and fax numbers

of wastes treater (TSD facility)
b. Name/signature, designation of Authorized Representative,
signature, and date waste received (or shipped) by treater (TSD
facility).

4-2 WASTE TRANSPORT RECORD (MANIFEST) SYSTEM

(1) Manifest system requirements for waste generators

A waste generator who wishes to store, recycle, reprocess, treat or dispose of hazardous
waste at a facility outside of the generator’s premises is required to:

a. obtain a manifest form from the EMB Regional Office having jurisdiction over

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 the location of the waste generator,
b. complete portions referring to the waste generator in the manifest form,
c. Hand the hazardous waste to the Recognized Waste Transporter with a copy of
the Spill Response Plan and 2rd through 6th copies of the manifest,
d. retain and store the 1st copy of the manifest for twenty four (24) months from the
date of receipt of the copy of the manifest by the Regional Office having
jurisdiction over the location of the wastes generator.
e. confirm the designated waste treater’s acceptance of the hazardous waste by
receiving the 4th copy of the manifest from the designated waste treater. If the
waste generator does not receive the copy within thirty (30) days from the date
on which the waste was received by the first waste transporter, the generator
must contact the waste transporter and the designated waste treater to determine
the whereabouts of the hazardous waste and make either the waste transporter
convey the waste to the designated waste treater or the waste treater send the
signed manifest, and
f. confirm the designated waste treater’s completion of recycling, reprocessing,
treatment, or disposal of the hazardous waste by receiving a certification of
completion issued by the designated waste treater with a photocopy of the 6th
copy of the manifest attached.

(2) Manifest system requirements for waste transporters

A waste transporter who conveys hazardous waste from a waste generator to the
designated waste treater is required to:

a. Compare the label on the containers of hazardous waste against the manifest,
b. Affix signature and date on the six copies of the manifest prepared by the
generator,
c. Receive the 2nd through 6th copies of the manifest, hazardous waste, and the
spill response plan from the waste generator,
d. Place the manifest in the driver’s cabin of the vehicle,
e. Respond properly to the Spill Response Plan and the Emergency Contingency
Plan in case of accident; immediately contain the spillage and notify the EMB
Regional Office having jurisdiction over the location where the accident
occurred if the accident results in the spillage or release of the hazardous waste
to the environment,
f. Make the designated waste treater sign and date the 3rd though 6th copies of the
manifest,
g. take the 2nd copy of the manifest, and
h. hand the hazardous waste and the 3rd through 6th copies of the manifest to the
designated waste treater.

If a waste transporter hands the hazardous waste to another waste transporter, the first
waste transporter is required to:

a. make the other transporter affix sign and date on the 2rd through 6th copies of the
manifest,
b. take the 2nd copy of the manifest, and
c. hand the hazardous waste, the 3rd through 6th copies of the manifest, the spill

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 response plan to the other transporter.

If the waste transporter receives the hazardous waste from another waste transporter and
hands the waste to the designated waste treater, the second waste transporter is required
to:

a. Check the label on the containers of hazardous waste against the manifest,
b. Affix signature and date on the 3rd through 6th copies of the manifest,
c. receive the hazardous waste, the 3rd through 6th copies of the manifest, and the
spill response plan,
d. Place the manifest in the driver’s cabin of the vehicle,
e. Respond properly to the Spill Response Plan and the Emergency Contingency
Plan in case of accident; immediately contain the spillage and notify the EMB
Regional Office having jurisdiction over the location where the accident
occurred if the accident results in the spillage or release of the hazardous waste
to the environment,
f. Make the designated waste treater affix signature and date the on 3rd through 6th
copies of the manifest,
g. Take 3rd copy of the manifest and
h. Hand the hazardous waste and the 4th through 6th copies of the manifest to the
designated waste treater.

(3) Manifest system requirements for waste treaters

A waste treater or TSD Facility who receives hazardous waste from a waste generator
through a waste transporter is required to:

a. Verify the accuracy of the waste description (If the hazardous waste data are
inaccurate, immediately inform the generator. The waste treater has the right to
deny the acceptance of the hazardous waste),
b. Affix signature and date on the 4th to 6th copies of the manifest
c. Send the 5th copy of the manifest to the EMB Region Office having jurisdiction
over the location of the waste generator and the 4th copy to the waste generator
within five (5) days after the acceptance of the hazardous waste,
d. Take the 6th copy of the manifest and keep it for twenty-four (24) months after
the receipt of the hazardous waste, and
e. Treat the wastes within six (6) months upon receipt.

(4) Certification of completion of treatment/disposal

A waste treater shall issue a certification of completion of recycling, reprocessing,

treatment, or disposal of hazardous waste with an attached photocopy of the last page of
the manifest signed by all the parties involved. The wastes should be treated within six
months after receipt of hazardous wastes. Issuance of certificate of treatment shall not
be later than six (6) months after receipt of wastes.

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4-3 WASTES TRANSPORT RECORD (MANIFEST) FEE:

A waste transport record (also referred to as manifest form) shall be secured from the
EMB Regional Office having jurisdiction over the location of the wastes generator after
payment of the prescribed fee.

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