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color=#0000ff size=2>Your question is a good one and brings up an interesting
point. There are pharmaceuticals that currently meet the definition of hazardous
waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Only those
pharmaceuticals would be impacted by making them Universal Waste, since
Universal Waste is a subset of hazardous waste. This amounts to about 5% of all
drug products currently on the market today. Except for some states that
have more stringent definitions of hazardous waste, or specifically list some
pharmaceuticals as hazardous wastes, 95% of all drugs on the market today can be
disposed of under RCRA as non-hazardous solid waste. That would not change by
making the hazardous portion universal waste. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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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>rachel
golden<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 21, 2007 3:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Lucy
Doroshko<BR><B>Cc:</B> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us;
gressitt<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pharmwaste] Federal RegisterApril
30th<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I have a question that I feel is probably a stupid one, but I'm
asking anyway because I don't know waste terminology as well as you folks.
If pharm waste is perhaps going to be added into the universal waste rules, what
is it classified as right now? Does this include household pharm waste, or
just commercial/industrial?<BR><BR>Lucy Doroshko wrote:
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<DIV>Michigan has already included pharmaceutical waste in their universal
waste rules. Any other state do that?</DIV>
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<DIV>Lucy Doroshko, Recycling Specialist<BR>Pollution Prevention and
Compliance Assistance Section<BR>MDEQ Environmental Science and Services
Division<BR>525 W. Allegan, One North<BR>PO Box 30457<BR>Lansing, MI
48909-7957<BR>517/373-1322<BR>FAX: 517/241-0858<BR><A
href="mailto:doroshkl@michigan.gov">doroshkl@michigan.gov</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Check the DEQ Recycling Website at <A
href="http://www.michigan.gov/deqrecycling">www.michigan.gov/deqrecycling</A><BR><BR><BR>>>>
"gressitt" <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:gressitt@uninets.net"><gressitt@uninets.net></A> 5/1/2007
10:22 PM >>><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">See
item 2990 Universal waste and pharmaceutical products<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Stevan
Gressitt, M.D.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">207-441-0291</SPAN><O:P></O:P></P>
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