FW: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison

[Bunnell, Ross]

Note to self:

Relevant RCRA On-Line documents regarding the subject of whether or not waste generated by prison inmates would be HHW:

http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/ea6e50dc6214725285256bf00063269d/B1EA4010185041DF8525670F006C22C7/$file/12624.pdf (hotels)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/4BE891214D0333658525670F006BCD54/$file/13736.pdf (hotels #2)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/F99D328321A2CA5E8525670F006BE082/$file/11477.pdf (patient waste generated in hospital rooms)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/36CA81A9643439BD8525670F006BDB4C/$file/11347.pdf (wastes from offices, etc.)


From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of William Yeman
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 9:16 AM
To: Pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us; Jennifer (MPCA) Volkman
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison

Jennifer,

Do you have information on where I might find written guidance from USEPA (e.g., one of their RCRAonLine documents) saying that they consider HW generated from prisons to all be institutional waste?

thanks a lot
Bill Yeman
NYSDEC
Albany NY


>>> "Volkman, Jennifer (MPCA)" <jennifer.volkman at state.mn.us<mailto:jennifer.volkman at state.mn.us>> 3/7/2013 4:47 PM >>>
EPA considers HW generated from prisons to be institutional waste, so we go by that. If the prison is a CESQG, disposal requirements may be less restrictive in some states (like maybe they can use HH collection kiosks for HW pharms). In MN, CESQG’s have to manage their HW just like any other larger generator--with a HW transporter to a HW facility.

>>> William Yeman 3/8/2013 3:37 AM >>>
  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

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us<mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us> [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Fred Miller
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 3:38 PM
To: 'Gilliam, Allen'; Pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us<mailto:Pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison

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> [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> [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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Email:  ross.bunnell at ct.gov<mailto:ross.bunnell at ct.gov>
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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us<mailto: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<mailto: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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