Hazardous waste generators, transporters and facilities

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) sets out its hazardous waste subjects on its Hazardous Waste and Used Oil Topics page, under its Office of Land Revitalization and Sustainable Materials Management. DEM's Waste Facilities Management Program regulates companies that transport or receive hazardous waste. For a Hazardous Waste Temporary ID and for hazardous waste complaints, the page names DEM's Office of Compliance and Inspection, and it gives the same number for questions on obtaining a generator ID.

In a Phase I ESA

ASTM E1527-21 lists state hazardous waste facility records among its standard sources. This handbook does not pair a single Rhode Island list with that type; the records on this page bear on it. The federal generator records are described on the RCRA Generators page.

• Generator numbers come through EPA's system. DEM's page tells a generator to register with EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX), register as an Industry User in RCRAInfo, and request an EPA Identification Number with the MyRCRAid tool. DEM says that in RCRAInfo generators can request or update an EPA Identification Number, update contact information, submit Biennial Reports (LQGs only) and use the electronic manifest system. For a generator at the property, start with the federal record.
• Temporary numbers come from DEM. DEM says a Hazardous Waste Temporary ID is obtained by calling its Office of Compliance and Inspection at (401) 222-1360. The page also links a Temporary EPA ID Number Policy for Used Oil and Universal Waste, which this handbook did not open.
• Treatment and storage facilities hold permits. The page posts permits and public notices for hazardous waste treatment, storage and transfer facilities. DEM's list of Active Waste Facility Management Sites covers sites permitted to receive, process, treat, temporarily store or dispose of solid, medical or hazardous waste; see the Waste Facilities Management Program.
• Transporters are licensed. DEM says it requires transporters of hazardous, medical and septage waste to be licensed.

Manifest data

DEM's page says that in September 2005 EPA regulations mandated the exclusive use of one uniform national hazardous waste manifest. On DEM's Site Inventories page, under the heading Hazardous Waste Manifest Data, DEM says the data covers waste shipments from 1989 or later, with significant omissions in the years 1993 to 1996, and that before 2003 the data was entered by the Department, while after 2003 it is derived from transporter reporting. The file linked under that heading is titled Hazardous Permitted Transporters. This handbook did not open it and does not say whether it holds the manifest data.

Where to look a site up

• DEM's Site Inventories page posts the waste facility lists. This handbook did not open the files.
• The Hazardous Waste and Used Oil Topics page links the same PDF, titled Hazardous Permitted Transporters, under Hazardous, Septage, and Medical Waste Transporter Issues.
• DEM says complaints about mismanagement or release of hazardous waste and other dangerous chemicals go to its Office of Compliance and Inspection at (401) 222-1360, and gives the same number for questions on obtaining a generator ID.

Getting the file

The pages read do not say how to request DEM's hazardous waste files. DEM's File Reviews page says reviews are coordinated for several areas "such as" those it lists, and hazardous waste is not named among them; see DEM File Reviews for the route it gives.

Sources

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management pages, read October 13, 2026:

• Hazardous Waste and Used Oil Topics, last modified January 22, 2026.
• About the Waste Facilities Management Program, last modified January 26, 2024.
• Solid Waste, last modified November 18, 2022.
• Office of Land Revitalization and Sustainable Materials Management Site Inventories, last modified June 5, 2026.
• DEM File Reviews, last modified September 24, 2026.