{"id":540,"date":"2024-08-08T07:49:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T11:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/?page_id=540"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:03:05","slug":"transportation-of-waste-universal-waste-transporter-inspection-checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/transportation-of-waste\/transportation-of-waste-universal-waste-transporter-inspection-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation of Waste \u2013 Universal Waste Transporter &#8211; Inspection Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>UNIVERSAL WASTE TRANSPORTER REQUIREMENTS<\/h3>\n<p>Universal Waste Transporter means a person engaged in the off-site transportation of universal waste by air, rail, highway, or water.<\/p>\n<p>Prohibitions: A Universal Waste Transporter is prohibited from disposing of universal waste, and from diluting or treating universal waste, except by responding to releases as provided in 40 C.F.R. 273.54.<\/p>\n<p>Did Transporter comply with universal waste prohibitions? [40 CFR 273.51]<\/p>\n<h3>WASTE MANAGEMENT<\/h3>\n<p>Did Transporter comply with USDOT regulations in 49 C.F.R. part 171 through 180 for transport of any universal waste that meets the definition of hazardous material? [40 CFR 273.52(a)]<\/p>\n<p>Did Transporter make certain not to describe a universal waste with the words hazardous waste or N.O.S. or include the word waste in the shipping description? [40 CFR 273.52(b)]<\/p>\n<h3>STORAGE TIME LIMITS<\/h3>\n<p>Did Transporter who stored universal waste at a transfer facility for greater than 10 days do so in compliance with the applicable universal waste handler requirements found in subpart B or C of 40 C.F.R. 273? [40 CFR 273.53]<\/p>\n<h3>RESPONSE TO RELEASES<\/h3>\n<p>Did Transporter immediately contain any releases or residues of universal waste? [40 CFR 273.54(a)]<\/p>\n<p>Did Transporter determine if any material resulting from a release of universal waste is hazardous, and manage the waste in compliance with 40 C.F.R. parts 260 through 272? [40 CFR 273.54(b)]<\/p>\n<h3>OFF-SITE SHIPMENTS<\/h3>\n<p>Did Transporter send or take universal waste to a place other than another universal waste handler, a destination facility, or a foreign destination? [40 CFR 273.55(a)]<\/p>\n<p>Did Transporter, which shipped universal waste off-site that met the definition of a hazardous material, describe the universal waste on the shipping paper in accordance with the applicable Department of Transportation regulations? [40 CFR 273.55(b)]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] UNIVERSAL WASTE TRANSPORTER REQUIREMENTS Universal Waste Transporter means a person engaged in the off-site transportation of universal waste by air, rail, highway, or water. Prohibitions: A Universal Waste Transporter is prohibited from disposing of universal waste, and from diluting or treating universal waste, except by responding to releases as provided in 40 C.F.R. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":266,"featured_media":0,"parent":524,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-540","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/266"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2056,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540\/revisions\/2056"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wastecompliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}