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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=983254218-17082006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I agree mailback to an incinerator is problematic. I have
not given up the concept of changing the DEA regulations to enable reverse
distributors to receive consumer drugs, including controlled substances. This
has happened with recalls. Draft language will be discussed at the Maine Unused
Med meeting on Oct 23/24. Contact Dr. Steve Gressitt for more informaiton. Once
that is approved, a pilot should be set up between a reverse distributor,
manufacturer, and major chain solely for that manufacturer's drugs. Once the
bugs are worked out, a campaign to enlist more manufacturers and retailers could
evolve. A fee would need to be determined to be charged to the manufacturer for
all costs. The data that would be gathered, not available at this time, could be
invaluable to the manufacturer as well as to 3rd party payers. I look forward to
living long enough to see this happen! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Charlotte A. Smith, R. Ph., M.S.,
HEM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>President</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>PharmEcology Associates,
LLC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>200 S. Executive Drive, Suite
101</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brookfield, WI 53005</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>262-814-2635</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax: 414-479-9941</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:csmith@pharmecology.com">csmith@pharmecology.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.pharmecology.com/">www.pharmecology.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>H2E Champion for Change Award
2004</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Taam, Damon [mailto:DTaam@spokanecity.org]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Johnson, Emma
(ECY); Volkman, Jennifer; Price, John L.; Charlotte A. Smith<BR><B>Cc:</B>
Hickle, Garth; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Schreifels, Susan; Countryman,
Linda; Tenace, Laurie; Fran Kurk<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA
regulations allow municipal wastecombustortoreceive mailed back controlled
substances fromhouseholds?Wouldcombustors want to?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=680024516-17082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
all- I concur with Emma that a mail back program is a nonstarter. As a municipal
representative of the Spokane Regional Waste to Energy Facility ( local
government owned) we viewed the mail back program as a nightmare (imagine
what a private profit making company would say). Step out your box and
envision all the drugs being shipped into your office. You have no control over
anything shipped to you, hazardous or otherwise, you have no one to pay
disposal fees (it does cost money to run a facility) and the DEA is all
over you because you are in illegal possesion of a controlled substances and do
not have the appropriate authority, skilled personnel and facilities to
handle the pharmaceutical waste. The System is supportive of increased
management of pharmaceutical waste and feels that Waste to Energy is the
appropriate technology (2500 F) to destroy the pharmaceutical drugs. The Spokane
facility currently combusts over 275,000 tons of MSW annually(800 tons /day),
the anticipated WA state annual quantity of pharmaceutical waste needing
combustion service is 200 - 400 tons. For us to gear up (if we could?) and be a
DEA compliant is beyond our mission and would be tough to
justify. Just my point of view.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=System color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Damon M.K.
Taam</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=System color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Spokane Regional
Solid Waste System</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=System color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>808 Spokane Falls
Blvd.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=System color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Spokane, WA
99201</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Johnson,
Emma (ECY)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:32 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Volkman, Jennifer; Price, John L.; Charlotte A. Smith<BR><B>Cc:</B> Hickle,
Garth; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Schreifels, Susan; Countryman, Linda;
Tenace, Laurie; Fran Kurk<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA
regulations allow municipal wastecombustortoreceive mailed back controlled
substances fromhouseholds?Wouldcombustors want to?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi all- The
Washington State PH:ARM team considered using a mail back program for
collection of household pharmaceuticals initially. Our idea was to
provide some sort of mailer to consumers and they could mail the material
directly to the Waste to Energy facility in our state. We ran into three
logistical barriers, which I wanted to share, perhaps they do or do not apply
in your situation.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There needs to be
some authorized entity (if the mix of material contains controlled
substances, you need law enforcement) to receive the medications. Our
incinerator could not receive the medications directly, as they had no law
enforcement capabilities there, nor were they able to accept any sort of
waste by mail. We imagined some sort of secure PO box located near the
facility, and someone would have to take the material from the PO box to the
Waste to Energy facility. DEA may desire inventory control in this
system, which could be quite a barrier. </SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Volume
issues. The idea of a mailer works great for the half of a vial that
is left over, but how do you deal with the large quantity of meds from a
death in the family?</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cost. At
$1.00-$5.00 per mailer (weight, volume) in postage, that is a lot of money.
If you want 2 million people in your state to use the program (less
than half of the population in Washington) it adds up to $2 to $10 million
just in postage alone. We weren’t sure if consumers would be willing
to pay postage… And we weren’t envisioning manufacturers paying for
that cost at this early point in time.</SPAN></FONT> </LI></OL>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best
regards</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Emma
Johnson</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Washington State
Department of Ecology</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
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>Volkman,
Jennifer<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday,
August 15, 2006 4:50 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
Price, John L.; Charlotte A. Smith<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Hickle, Garth;
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Schreifels, Susan; Countryman, Linda;
Tenace, Laurie; Fran Kurk<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA
regulations allow municipal waste combustortoreceive mailed back controlled
substances from households?Wouldcombustors want to?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello Jack and
all,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I don't know if this
information will be helpful, but we are also considering applying for a grant
here, so I've been thinking about what might work. Ideas...some maybe
not that well thought out...</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For households
located in areas where we know their waste is directed to mixed-muni
incinerators, I think we can safely educate HH's to put old/unused
pharms, including controlled substances, in their garbage (tape up the
jars, mix them with the nasties, etc first). There is no need to
collect/mail them separately and bump into all of the regulatory and
operational issues. Pharms generated in areas where waste goes to
landfills would be worth collecting separately and mailing in or redirecting
to a mixed-muni incinerator. In this case, there could be
considerable transportation cost and operational barriers to get them from the
law enforcement office to the MM incinerator and it may be simpler to
render the pharms inedible/unrecognizable at the law enforcement office and
ship them with a HW contractor as a standard HW labpack. You'd
have to comply with DOT regulations and you'd want to work with your HW
contractor to see what the options are for packaging.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some of our HHW
programs collect pharms, but not controlled substances. I'll ask
whether they ship the non-haz pharms in a separate lab pack or if they
just mix them in with their oil based paint. I believe they
properly lab pack the hazardous pharms, but I know I've heard of programs that
handle the non-haz pharms in a more economical manner. If local law
enforcement could take a bag o' pharms down to the county public
works garage and dump it in the oil paint drum, things would be greatly
simplified. There is, however, much to know about what is haz, non-haz
and controlled.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oh! another
idea. They could be mailed in to a controlled mailbox at the law
enforcement office(s) closest to the MM incinerator, not every one in the
state. Manufacturers could fund the system.
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We still need to ask
DEA questions and work with them on practical, safe options. We still
need to work with the medical community on ways to reduce the amount of unused
pharms.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jnifr</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
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> Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:05
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Charlotte A.
Smith<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Tenace, Laurie;
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [Pharmwaste] Do DEA
regulations allow municipal waste combustorto receive mailed back controlled
substances from households?Would combustors want to?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">John L. (Jack) Price</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
Jack,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Charlotte A. Smith, R. Ph.,
M.S., HEM</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">President</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PharmEcology Associates,
LLC</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">200 S. Executive Drive, Suite
101</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Brookfield</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, WI
53005</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">262-814-2635</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Fax:
414-479-9941</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="mailto:csmith@pharmecology.com">csmith@pharmecology.com</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any information will be
appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jack.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">John L. (Jack) Price</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Environmental Manager</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hazardous Waste Management MS 4555</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Florida Department of Environmental
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2600 Blair Stone Road</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tallahassee</SPAN></FONT>, FL 32399-2400</P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Phone:850.245.8751</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Fax: 850.245.8811</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">john.l.price@dep.state.fl.us</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">www.dep.state.fl.us/waste</SPAN></FONT></P>
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