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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=310422417-27092006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>This is great information! Thanx.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tenace,
Laurie<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:51 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Pharmwaste] NERC Guidance
Documents<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These guidance
documents are now available from NERC - Laurie</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1.
Managing Unwanted Medications – 2 Guidance Documents Now
Available</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Based on two years of research and
eight pilot collections, NERC has published the most comprehensive guidance for
operating legal and safe unwanted medication collections that is
available. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Two guidance documents have been
published: one that is general and addresses any type of unwanted medication
collection, and the other is specific to collections held in conjunction with
household hazardous waste events.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><U><FONT face=Arial
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Operating
Unwanted Medication Collections - A Legal & Safe
Approach</SPAN></FONT></U></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">[http://www.nerc.org/adobe/setting.up.draftFINAL.pdf],
was researched and written with funding from an EPA grant.
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size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><U><FONT face=Arial
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Holding an
Unwanted Medication Collection as Part of a Household Hazardous Waste Event - A
Legal & Safe Approach</SPAN></FONT></U></B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> [</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">http://www.nerc.org/adobe/hhw.setting.upFINAL.pdf]
was researched and written with funding from a USDA-Rural Utilities Service
grant. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These documents carefully lay out
the federal and state legal requirements for operating an unwanted medication
collection, as well as providing in-depth information about planning and
implementation such events. Data from the pilot collections is reported,
including costs, hours to plan and implement the collection events, and the
amount of material that was collected.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more information, contact
<U>Lynn Rubinstein</U> [lynn@nerc.org].</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333399 size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #333399">2. Cleaning Out Bulk
Compounding Chemicals from Pharmacies - <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Guidance</SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Pharmacies may have stores of unwanted
chemicals that were once used in the on-site preparation of prescriptions.
Known as “bulk compounding chemicals,” these often include coal tar, phenol, and
sulfur power. Most pharmacies rarely, if ever, do on-site compounding of
pharmaceuticals anymore.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Bulk compounding chemicals are chemicals –
not drugs. Once determined to be a waste rather than an inventory item,
many of these are Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous
wastes. Due to a lack of familiarity with how to dispose of these
chemicals, as well as the difficulty and expense of disposing of small amounts
of wastes (i.e., one or two gallons) on a one-time basis, pharmacies may store
unwanted bulk compounding chemicals in a cabinet for many years, uncertain of
what else to do. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Providing the opportunity to appropriately
remove and manage these materials is a valuable service that household hazardous
waste programs can offer to businesses in their community. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The goal is to divert bulk compounding
chemicals from the municipal solid waste stream by establishing a cost effective
and convenient system for disposal as a hazardous waste. The strategy is to
create partnerships between existing household hazardous waste programs that
accept materials from conditionally exempt generators of hazardous
waste.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><I><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Cleaning Out Bulk
Compounding Chemicals from Pharmacies: Developing Partnerships with Household
Hazardous Waste Programs</SPAN></FONT></U></I></B><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic"> </SPAN></FONT></I><FONT
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">[http://www.nerc.org/adobe/collecting_bulk_compounding_chemicalsFINAL.pdf],
is a new guidance document that details how to develop successful partnerships
between household hazardous waste collection programs and pharmacies. The
guidance is the result of a pilot project that NERC conducted, with funding from
the EPA. The project identified pharmacies with unwanted bulk compounding
chemicals and demonstrated that their participation in local household hazardous
waste collections is a cost-effective and convenient method of disposing of
these materials responsibility. This document does not address the
disposal of unwanted medications. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">For more information, contact <U>Lynn Rubinstein</U>
[lynn@nerc.org].</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lynn Rubinstein</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, Executive
Director<BR>Northeast Recycling Council, Inc.<BR>139 Main St., Suite
401<BR>Brattleboro, VT 05301<BR><A
href="mailto:lynn@nerc.org">lynn@nerc.org</A> <A
href="http://www.nerc.org">www.nerc.org</A><BR>802-254-3636/802-254-5870
fax</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>