---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 262.40"
title: "40"
number: "262.40"
heading: "Recordkeeping."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/262.40"
---

# §262.40. Recordkeeping.

- (a) A generator must keep a copy of each manifest signed in accordance with [§ 262.23(a)](/cfr/40/262.23.md?p=a) for three years or until he receives a signed copy from the designated facility which received the waste. This signed copy must be retained as a record for at least three years from the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter.
- (b) A generator must keep a copy of each Biennial Report and Exception Report for a period of at least three years from the due date of the report.
- (c) See [§ 262.11(f)](/cfr/40/262.11.md?p=f) for recordkeeping requirements for documenting hazardous waste determinations.
- (d) The periods or retention referred to in this section are extended automatically during the course of any unresolved enforcement action regarding the regulated activity or as requested by the Administrator.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 33142, May 19, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 3981, Jan. 28, 1983; 82 FR 85818, Nov. 28, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6906, 6912, 6922-6925, 6937, 6938 and 6939g.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 33142, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 33142, May 19, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 3981, Jan. 28, 1983; 82 FR 85818, Nov. 28, 2016]