Exception reporting

1. A generator of one thousand kilograms or greater of hazardous waste in a calendar month, or greater than one kilogram of acute hazardous waste listed in section 33.1-24-02-16 or subsection 5 of section 33.1-24-02-18 in a calendar month, who does not receive a copy of the manifest with the handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the designated facility within thirty-five days of the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter shall contact the transporter or the owner or operator, or both, of the designated facility to determine the status of the hazardous waste. 2. A generator of one thousand kilograms or greater of hazardous waste in a calendar month, or greater than one kilogram of acute hazardous waste listed in section 33.1-24-02-16 or subsection 5 of section 33.1-24-02-18 in a calendar month, must submit an exception report to the department if the generator has not received a copy of the manifest with the handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the designated facility within forty-five days of the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter. The exception report must be submitted to the department within sixty days of the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter and must include: a. A legible copy of the manifest for which the generator does not have confirmation of delivery; and b. A cover letter signed by the generator or the generator's authorized representative explaining the efforts taken to locate the hazardous waste and the results of those efforts. 3. A generator of greater than one hundred kilograms but less than one thousand kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month who does not receive a copy of the manifest with the handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the designated facility within sixty days of the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter shall submit a legible copy of the manifest, with some indication that the generator has not received confirmation of delivery, to the department. 4. For rejected shipments of hazardous waste or container residues contained in nonempty containers that are forwarded to an alternate facility by a designated facility using a new manifest (following the procedures of paragraphs a through f of subsection 5 of section 33.1-24-05-39), the generator must comply with the requirements of subsections 1 through 3, as applicable, for the shipment forwarding the material from the designated facility to the alternate facility instead of for the shipment from the generator to the designated facility. For purposes of subsections 1 through 3 for a shipment forwarding such waste to an alternate facility by a designated facility: a. The copy of the manifest received by the generator must have the handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the alternate facility in place of the signature of the owner or operator of the designated facility; and b. The thirty-five, forty-five, or sixty-day time frames begin the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter forwarding the hazardous waste shipment from the designated facility to the alternate facility.