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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think the number will vary by the target
audience who if elderly will have one characteristic, one aimed at kids or
adolescents ( don’t laugh) will be different. There are also regional
well known variabilities in prescribing patterns across the <st1:country-region
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helps. But I don’t think it does. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'> Gilliam, Allen
[mailto:GILLIAM@adeq.state.ar.us] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 07, 2010
2:20 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov';
'Matthew C. Mireles'; Gressitt, Stevan<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us;
'Bunnell, Ross'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Pharmwaste]
Household pharms (even haz waste) excluded</span></font><o:p></o:p></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'>Understood, but sorry. </span></font><o:p></o:p></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'>Would anyone care to take a swag at what %
of pharma collections from a take-back program are actually RCRA? I'd
hazard (yep, a pun there) less than 0.5%.</span></font><o:p></o:p></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'>Gressitt? Mireles? Whatchoo
think?</span></font><o:p></o:p></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'>allen g</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Thompson.Virginia@epamail.epa.gov] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 07, 2010
12:20 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Gilliam, Allen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us;
'Bunnell, Ross'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Pharmwaste]
Household pharms (even haz waste) excluded</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Some states (including <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:place></st1:State>) do not apply the household haz
waste exemption to waste that is brought back together into one location such
as at a collection event. The pharmaceutical collection events that have
been held in PA have required compliance with PA's hazardous waste regulations
as though the waste had not been household waste. There may be other
states that also do not keep the household waste exemption when household haz
waste is collected. </span></font><br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Virginia
Thompson<br>
Sustainable Healthcare Sector Manager<br>
Office of Environmental Innovation (3EA40)<br>
US Environmental Protection Agency Region 3<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">1650 Arch Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">19103</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><br>
Voice: (215) 814-5755; Fax (215) 814-2783<br>
thompson.virginia@epa.gov<br>
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