[Pharmwaste] DEA Spring Collection April 28th

Tue Jan 31 21:23:20 EST 2012

I'm always puzzled when us "rural folks" get left behind. And for rural
dwellers, mail-back seems to be the way to address the problem though.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Gabriel, Fred A <
gabriel.fred at cleanharbors.com> wrote:

>  Victoria,
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> Doesn’t your comment "…pending federal legislation to take care of
> pharmaceuticals in another way (such as requiring pharmacies to develop
> programs for counties of 10,000 or more)" come from H.R. 2939?  This is the
> Pharmaceutical Stewardship Act of 2011 introduced by Rep. Slaughter of NY
> on September 15, 2011.  This is obviously not DEA pending legislation;
> however, this bill does have a requirement of accessibility which reads (i)
> “at least one collection site in every county of every State and one
> collection site in every city with a population of more than 10,000
> individuals on an ongoing, year-round basis; or”
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> http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-2939
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zimmer, Catherine (PSC) [mailto:Catherine.Zimmer at pscnow.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:54 PM
> To: Vickie Davis; Ed Gottlieb; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] DEA Spring Collection April 28th
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> Hi Victoria,
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> I'm curious about where we might get more info on DEA's pending
> legislation.  Thanks!
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> Very truly yours,
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> Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT
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> Industry Leader, Caring for the Environment
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Vickie Davis
>
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:15 PM
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> To: Ed Gottlieb; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
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> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] DEA Spring Collection April 28th
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> Hi Ed,
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> We started our unwanted medicine collections the year DEA started theirs
> and coincidentally they selected a Saturday we had already chosen and
> advertised.  Unfortunately, our hours were 9 - noon and theirs were 10 to
> something.  I asked if there was any flexibility and they said "no."
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> I also heard from a seemingly reliable source that this April's collection
> will be the last DEA collection due to pending federal legislation to take
> care of pharmaceuticals in another way (such as requiring pharmacies to
> develop programs for counties of 10,000 or more), but we'll see.
>
>
>
> Victoria Davis
>
> Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
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> 10 Water Street, Suite 225
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> Lebanon, NH 03766
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> ________________________________________
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> From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Ed Gottlieb [
> egottlieb at cityofithaca.org]
>
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:56 AM
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> To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
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> Subject: [Pharmwaste] DEA Spring Collection April 28th
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>
>
> Some time ago, the DEA announced their Spring collection event, part of
> their National Take Back Initiative.
>
> http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/
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> This web page says, "Please check back in March to locate collection sites
> near you."  I've been checking back every day hoping to find information on
> how to sign up.  If the DEA expects to know who is participating by March,
> it seemed to me that sign-up should begin soon.  Made some phone calls to
> DEA as well (which I don't recommend doing unless you have a reliable
> contact there or it's absolutely necessary.)
>
>
>
> The DEA just added some information to that web page:
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> "Law Enforcement Agencies Only:  For law enforcement agencies that wish to
> host a collection site please cal the POC in your area."
>
> A link is provided to a table of Point of Contact persons for each state.
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>
> I was able to learn, through phone inquiries, that the sign-up form will
> go live only 6 or 7 weeks ahead of the event.  The agent I spoke with will
> be sending a suggestion to DEC HQ that they change "March" to "April" in,
> "Please check back in March to locate collection sites near you."
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> That agent also took my request that one of our counties planned
> collection sites be allowed to extend the hours of operation from 10-2 to
> 9-3 (the hours of our previous  events.)  I also requested that the DEA
> pick-up collected material later in the afternoon to allow us time to do
> some inventory data collection.  Finally, I asked that some collection
> locations be allowed to deliver their material (with proper chain of
> custody transfer) to our central collection.  I was told there is precedent
> for this gathering material from multiple sites to one location for DEA
> pick-up.  Our hope is we would have time to inventoried the controlled
> substances from those sites as well.  I'll send out an update with their
> reply, once it's received.
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>
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> If the DEA is totally inflexible, our group will face a tough choice.
>
> 1.  Join the DEA program and inventory only at our central location.  We
> might have to stop the inventory process once the DEA arrives to collect
> the material.
>
> 2. Hold our collections on the same day (which we picked before the DEA
> announced their date) and get permits, as we have in the past, through the
> NYS DOH Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement and the NYS DEC.  Unlike the easy
> DEA registration process, state permitting requires significant effort.  We
> could then inventory as planned.
>
>
>
> Ed Gottlieb
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> Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal Industrial Pretreatment
> Coordinator Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
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> 525 3rd Street
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> Ithaca, NY  14850
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> (607) 273-8381
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> fax: (607) 273-8433
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