[Pharmwaste] RE: DEA Rule Publication Update

[Knowles, Erin E]

Thanks, Ed, for the follow-up!  And don't worry!  Even though we all wish we had a little of that power, nobody can make the federal government move any faster than they are capable of.  Having sat on that side of the field before, it can be frustrating for all!  :)

Also, just in case, anybody can subscribe to the daily digest of what has been published that gets sent right to your inbox, usually by about 4am.  If you go to the Federal Register's homepage (https://www.federalregister.gov/), and click in the green row "Current Issue", that will take you to what was released this morning.  Over to the right is a button entitled "Subscribe".  There is where you can input your email, and that should subscribe you to the daily digest.

Or if you don't want to subscribe, you can also just scroll down looking for DEA (listed both under it's own heading and also under the "Justice Department") if you want. Might save a little time.

(At one time, years ago, you could also just subscribe to the departments/agencies you were most interested in following, but I've yet to figure that out with their new (well, it was new to me a while back!) site!)

Hope everyone has a great long weekend, and I'm sure we'll all be chatting a lot next week! (And thanks again, Ed!!)
Erin


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Erin Knowles
Pollution Prevention Media Specialist
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
e | eknowles at illinois.edu
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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: Friday, August 29, 2014 8:54 AM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] DEA Rule Publication Update

I just spoke with Dawn Dearson, the Chief of Public Affairs at DEA.
She confirmed that the new rule has been sent to the Federal Register for publication.

Their is no science to when items received are published, and she does not know why it has been delayed.
Considering this holiday weekend, she felt confident that it will be published by the end of the week of September 8th.  The DEA is planning a big roll out, as soon as it is published.

Published items appear on-line before the printed version is available.  The way I have been checking is to keep a Federal Register search page open and refresh it regularly.  The DEA website would be another good place to check.

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/search
"FIND": Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010
Search by:  "NEWEST"

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/search?conditions[agency_ids]=116&conditions[publication_date][gte]=07%2F27%2F2014&conditions[term]=Secure+and+Responsible+Drug+Disposal+Act+of+2010&order=newest

Anyone else turning blue yet?  I'm not only blue, now I have a flush of red, from embarrassment, having passed on info that the rule would be out this week!  Hope that doesn't happen again!

Ed Gottlieb
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
525 3rd Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 273-8381
fax: (607) 273-8433

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