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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Thanks, Charlotte. While the request
worms its way through DEA, I’m thinking we’ll need a “Plan B”
in case DEA says “no.” We’re on a pretty short time
line. Even if DEA says “yes,” it still may be something that
a combustor could or would not want to do. These plants are built and operated
to receive municipal solid waste by the truckload. They may not have (or
want to have) the operational expertise or mindset to receive waste by the
envelope-load, particularly if it has to go to a secure location pretty
quickly. On the other hand, it would be no different than their office
staff receiving and processing mail to the appropriate location, so maybe I am
worrying about a non-problem. We’ll see . . . that’s
what pilots are for . . . and now I’ll end my ramblings on this topic. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Hazardous Waste Management MS 4555</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Florida Department of Environmental Protection</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>2600 Blair Stone Road</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Tallahassee</span></font><font
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>john.l.price@dep.state.fl.us</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>www.dep.state.fl.us/waste</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Please Note: Florida has a very
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Charlotte A.
Smith [mailto:csmith@pharmecology.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, August 14, 2006
10:29 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Price, John L.; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Tenace, Laurie; Clarke, Raoul<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA
regulations allow municipal waste combustor to receive mailed back controlled
substances from households?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Hi Jack,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>That is definitely a question for DEA in
Wash DC and your regional DEA office. It certainly is not an accepted procedure
at this time. Unless the incinerator itself is a DEA registrant, and I don't
know of any municipal incinerators that are, the returned controlled substances
need to be received by a law enforcement officer. I suggest you write a letter
to your regional DEA and they can pass it up the chain of command for a
response. You can contact them by visiting the Diversion Office directory at <a
href="http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugreg/offices/index.html">http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugreg/offices/index.html</a>.
Please keep us posted as to their response! Hope this helps. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Charlotte A. Smith, R. Ph., M.S., HEM</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>President</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PharmEcology Associates, LLC</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>200 S. Executive Drive, Suite 101</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Brookfield</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, WI 53005</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>262-814-2635</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Fax: 414-479-9941</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:csmith@pharmecology.com">csmith@pharmecology.com</a></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.pharmecology.com/">www.pharmecology.com</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>H2E Champion for Change Award 2004</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Price, John L.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, August 14, 2006 9:51
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Tenace, Laurie; Clarke, Raoul<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Pharmwaste] Do DEA
regulations allow municipal waste combustor to receive mailed back controlled
substances from households?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Our agency is submitting a grant proposal under an EPA aging
initiative for, among other things, a pilot mail back program for household
pharmaceuticals. [You may want to submit a proposal as well, proposal
deadline in 9/29/06. See attached for details.]</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>One issue with our proposal is whether DEA regulations would
permit a municipal waste combustor to receive household unused pharmaceuticals,
including controlled substances, into a secure area of the facility. This
would be much more efficient than having the pharms returned to a law enforcement
controlled mailbox, then transshipping to the combustor that will do the
destruction, witnessed for controlled substances, regular burn for
non-controlled. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> As I understand the Maine mailback pilot under
development, “As long as the postal box that accepts the returned
pharmaceuticals is in law-enforcement control, there is a specific exemption in
DEA regs for possession of controlled drugs by law-enforcement in the line of
duty (community policing for instance, or substance abuse prevention.)”
[email post to list serve 4/11/06 by Gressitt].</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Are there exemptions or flexibilities in the DEA controlled
substances regulations that could be interpreted to allow direct return of
mailed back unused pharms from household users to the combustor that will do
the destruction? Could a secure location at the combustor be “controlled
by law enforcement” as that is defined in the controlled substances
regulations? Or is that scenario, even as a pilot program, definitely not
doable under said controlled substances regulations?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any information will be appreciated.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jack.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>John L. (Jack) Price</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Environmental Manager</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hazardous Waste Management MS 4555</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Florida Department of Environmental Protection</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2600 Blair Stone Road</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tallahassee</span></font>, FL 32399-2400</p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Phone:850.245.8751</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Fax: 850.245.8811</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>john.l.price@dep.state.fl.us</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>www.dep.state.fl.us/waste</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Please Note: Florida has a very
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and media upon request. Your e-mail is communications and may therefore
be subject to public disclosure.</span></font></p>
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