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<DIV><SPAN class=149200217-07042010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I know
there's non-supporters "out there" for incineration, but I'm surprised to hear
more take back programs are not popping up utilizing this
exemption.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=149200217-07042010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=149200217-07042010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>thanx
Ross,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=149200217-07042010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=149200217-07042010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>allen
g</FONT></SPAN></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>Bunnell,
Ross<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Pharmwaste] Household
pharms (even haz waste) excluded<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoPlainText>Allen:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>The interpretation you relayed is consistent with EPA's
and many state agencies' interpretation of RCRA.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>EPA hazardous waste policy for many years has been that
the exemption from hazardous waste requirements in 40 CFR 261.4(b)(1)
for "household hazardous waste" applies throughout the waste management
cycle. Briefly stated, "once an exempt household hazardous waste, always
an exempt household hazardous waste." Congress put the HHW exemption
into RCRA so that the strict cradle to grave control and facility permitting
requirements that apply to hazardous waste would not apply to the occasional
can of hair spray or rubbing alcohol that we all generate in our homes.
The reason this interpretation is extended throughout the management cycle is
that, without it, municipal solid waste facilities that receive small amounts
of household hazardous waste in the regular trash would all have to obtain
RCRA Hazardous Waste Facility permits. EPA does encourage that HHW be
sent to hazardous waste facilities as a best management practice,
however. See the following summaries of EPA policy documents which
support this interpretation (click on the PDF icon to see the actual
document):<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><A
href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/b2213cd1350031738525670f006c22bd!OpenDocument">http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/b2213cd1350031738525670f006c22bd!OpenDocument</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><A
href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/2fd51915214ef63c8525670f006bdc88!OpenDocument">http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/2fd51915214ef63c8525670f006bdc88!OpenDocument</A>
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><A
href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/3b814bffdbb8f9a28525670f006bda2b!OpenDocument">http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/3b814bffdbb8f9a28525670f006bda2b!OpenDocument</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><A
href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/f00b95651a8f5f358525670f006becde!OpenDocument">http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/f00b95651a8f5f358525670f006becde!OpenDocument</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><A
href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/22fe8aa0ca59c99c8525693600683ce8!OpenDocument">http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/22fe8aa0ca59c99c8525693600683ce8!OpenDocument</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Here in CT, when we established our HHW collection
system many years ago, we <U>required</U> that operators of one-day collection
events or permanent collection facilities manifest the waste off-site and send
it to a permitted RCRA disposal facility. We did this because we had
heard that in other states, waste collected at HHW collections was merely
hauled off to a solid waste disposal facility, making its careful collection
and separation from the regular solid waste stream a pointless exercise, and
we wanted to be sure that this didn't happen in CT.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>I think pharmaceuticals might be a horse of a different
color, however, than regular HHW. Because of their much smaller volume,
and the ability (as expressed in my earlier emails) of municipal solid waste
incinerators to safely handle and destroy them, I think that a different
approach might be environmentally justified. The cost savings may also
allow much more material to be collected, thereby keeping it out of medicine
cabinets and dumpsters where "pharming" of improperly secured medications can
take place. Of course, there would still have to be proper precautions
for the security of the collected material until it is destroyed, to prevent
exposure to solid waste facility handlers, and so forth. But, I'm not
sure that full hazardous waste requirements are necessary for this waste
stream, and may even have a deterrent effect for collection programs.
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>--Ross Bunnell, Sanitary Engineer 3<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>CT Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance
Assurance<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Waste Engineering & Enforcement Division<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Tel. 860.424.3274<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Fax 860.424.4059<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>ross.bunnell@ct.gov<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Gilliam,
Allen<BR>Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:45 AM<BR>To: 'Tenace, Laurie';
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR>Subject: [Pharmwaste] Household pharms
(even haz waste) excluded<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>How many of you have some major heartburn over this?
"The following statement can be made about your household/residential (only)
take-back programs' pharmaceuticals: 'House-hold pharmaceuticals collected
through take-back programs retains its residential hazardous waste exclusion
from collection through final disposal even if disposal is by
incineration.'"<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>This has recently been coerced out of our haz waste
division "experts'" mouths and hopefully will make octomom look childless once
our State Drug Director gets a full push going on with all the police agencies
in the state. See<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>https://ardhs.sharepointsite.net/RX for more
details.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>This state's Office of the Drug Director is approaching
take-back programs from the overdose/abuse viewpoint and seems to be outpacing
the "save the environment" viewpoint by several laps BEGINNING with our law
enforcement partners taking the lead.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Who'd thunk?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Allen g<o:p></o:p></P>
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