[Pharmwaste] RE: DEA Rule Publication Update

[Volkman, Jennifer (MPCA)]

We had a small pool going on the issuance date and Burke won. He used Price Is Right strategy to guess one day beyond the furthest guess which was June 24, so you are doing better than a lot of us! DEA has continued to add more pharms to the controlled substance list, so this should really help out the general public. They've added several more within the last 2 months.

I'm kinda concerned about what DEA might be planning for a media splash because it could be months until pharmacies in many states decide whether and how they might start collecting. I know that in MN, we still need to make some adjustments to our Board of Pharmacy statutes to accommodate this potential change in collection infrastructure.
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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