[Pharmwaste] Mail Order Facility Fined - new link

[Jeff Hollar]

Sorry about the link.  Found a similar article here directly from the state.


 

http://doj.nh.gov/media-center/press-releases/2014/20140317-omnicare-settlem
ent.htm

 

Omnicare of New Hampshire Fined $298,100 for Hazardous Waste Violations

Attorney General Joseph A. Foster and Commissioner Thomas S. Burack of the
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services ("DES") announce that the
Merrimack County Superior Court (McNamara, J.) approved a settlement between
the State and Omnicare Inc., d/b/a Omnicare of New Hampshire ("Omnicare")
resolving allegations of hazardous waste violations.

Omnicare is an Ohio based company doing business in Londonderry, New
Hampshire as Omnicare of New Hampshire. Omnicare operates community-based,
long-term care mail order pharmacies that primarily service group living
facilities (i.e., nursing homes, assisted living facilities and jails) and
generates the majority of its hazardous waste through a product return
program.

The State alleged that Omnicare failed to identify certain pharmaceutical
wastes as hazardous wastes. Omnicare then shipped the hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals to facilities that were not authorized to accept the wastes.

There are 30 pharmaceuticals that are specifically listed as hazardous waste
and numerous other pharmaceuticals that are considered hazardous waste due
to their characteristics (i.e., ignitable, corrosive, reactive or toxic). In
order for waste pharmaceuticals to be properly managed as hazardous waste,
they must be identified by the pharmacy at time they are discarded. State
law requires that hazardous waste be handled and disposed of in accordance
with the State's Hazardous Waste Rules, in order to prevent harm to human
health or the environment.

These violations, as well as Omnicare's failure to follow certain hazardous
waste management requirements, were discovered during a DES inspection in
October of 2011. Omnicare quickly corrected the problems once identified by
DES and was cooperative throughout the investigation.

Under the terms of the settlement, Omnicare will be assessed a total penalty
of $298,100.

A link to the settlement agreement/consent decree is below.

Settlement Agreement/Consent Decree with Omnicare of New Hampshire
<http://doj.nh.gov/media-center/press-releases/2014/documents/20140317-omnic
are-agreement.pdf>   

 

 

From: Jeff Hollar [mailto:jhollar at pwaste.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:58 AM
To: 'pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us'
Subject: Mail Order Facility Fined

 

Looks like at least one state is clamping down on mail order facilities and
their pharmaceutical hazardous waste generation.  Could this be the start of
a trend? 

 

Londonderry firm fined nearly $300,000 for hazardous waste violations - Full
story link:

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140318/NEWS02/140319053
<http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140318/NEWS02/140319053&template=mobil
eart> &template=mobileart

 

Jeff Hollar

President

PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.

4164 NW Urbandale Dr., Ste A

Urbandale, IA 50322

515-276-5302 (general)

515-331-7310 (direct)

515-360-9785 (cell)

www.pwaste.com <http://www.pwaste.com/> 

 

 

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