[Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison

[Fred Miller]

That is a distinct possibility, Bill.  I can only speak to the institutions in my local area where I’ve had some experience with the individual regulatory agencies and regulated institutions.  It has been my experience the Washington folks (Dept. of Ecology) treat the state penitentiaries at Coyote Ridge and Walla Walla as regulated businesses.   Idaho has taken the same stance with their Cottonwood facility.  Caveat: Last direct experience ca. 2007

If we have list members from AK or IA they could perhaps better speak to the viewpoint of the federal regulators as their states rely upon the USEPA and RCRA without modification or influence of state programs. 

Fred

 

From: William Yeman [mailto:wxyeman at gw.dec.state.ny.us] 
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 12:37 AM
To: GILLIAM at adeq.state.ar.us; Pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us; millerfl at tricity.wsu.edu
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison

 

  Fred,

Instead of a hospital, do you think a closer fit would be a long-term care facility?

 

[EPA has said that residents in long-term care facilities enjoy the household waste exclusion (12/2/08 FR p 73525).]


Bill Yeman

NYSDEC

Albany NY


>>> "Fred Miller" <millerfl at tricity.wsu.edu> 03/07/13 4:38 PM >>>



To me the prison setting most closely resembles a hospital.  The cells are more akin to hospital rooms than to hotel, dorm, or bunkhouse rooms where property owners have little control over the activities of individual residents.

Fred

 

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Gilliam, Allen
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:14 PM
To: 'Pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us'
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison

 

“Considering a prison cell block to be a ‘multiple residence’ or maybe a ‘bunkhouse’, it would be reasonable to consider it to be residential household waste.   There’s no official definition, opinion, or determination to that effect, however…”

>From one of our haz waste gurus…

Allen Gilliam/ADEQ State Pretreatment Coordinator

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Bunnell, Ross
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:07 PM
To: 'Pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us'
Subject: FW: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison

I think we would say that it’s household hazardous waste, as long as it’s generated by the inmate in his cell, and not, say, by a medical care provider in a prison infirmary or hospital.

--Ross Bunnell

Sanitary Engineer 3

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Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP)

Bureau of Materials Management & Compliance Assurance

Waste Engineering & Enforcement Division

79 Elm Street

Hartford, CT 06106-5127

Office:  (860) 424-3274

Fax:       (860) 424-4059

Email:  ross.bunnell at ct.gov  

Website:  www.ct.gov/deep 

 

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of William More
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:24 PM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison

 

How does your state classify waste generated by a state corrections prisoner in his cell? Household Waste(like residential waste) or Institutional Waste?

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