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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think you’re right, Fred.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I just received a message from the NH regional office of DEA and they may know Thursday if the April collection is the last or not…………………….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Victoria Davis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>10 Water Street, Suite 225<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lebanon, NH 03766<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>603-448-1680<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>603-448-0170 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gabriel, Fred A [mailto:gabriel.fred@cleanharbors.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 23, 2012 1:13 PM<br><b>To:</b> Zimmer, Catherine (PSC); Vickie Davis; Ed Gottlieb; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] DEA Spring Collection April 28th<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Victoria,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Doesn’t your comment "…pending federal legislation to take care of pharmaceuticals in another way (such as requiring pharmacies to develop programs for counties of 10,000 or more)" come from H.R. 2939? This is the Pharmaceutical Stewardship Act of 2011 introduced by Rep. Slaughter of NY on September 15, 2011. This is obviously not DEA pending legislation; however, this bill does have a requirement of accessibility which reads (i) “at least one collection site in every county of every State and one collection site in every city with a population of more than 10,000 individuals on an ongoing, year-round basis; or”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-2939">http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-2939</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>__________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Fred Gabriel <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Director of Marketing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Clean Harbors Environmental Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>3300 Cummings Road <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Chattanooga, TN 37419<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Mobile: 706.847.3279 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Email: <a href="mailto:gabriel.fred@cleanharbors.com">gabriel.fred@cleanharbors.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Web: <a href="http://www.cleanharbors.com">www.cleanharbors.com</a> <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: Zimmer, Catherine (PSC) <a href="mailto:[mailto:Catherine.Zimmer@pscnow.com]">[mailto:Catherine.Zimmer@pscnow.com]</a> <br>Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:54 PM<br>To: Vickie Davis; Ed Gottlieb; <a href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a><br>Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] DEA Spring Collection April 28th<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi Victoria,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I'm curious about where we might get more info on DEA's pending legislation. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Very truly yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Industry Leader, Caring for the Environment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>PSC Healthcare Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Office: 651.645.7509<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Mobile: 713.829.6365<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.pscnow.com">www.pscnow.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:Catherine.zimmer@pscnow.com">Catherine.zimmer@pscnow.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Live green now!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Reduce, reuse, repair, recycle.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><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-----<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>From: <a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us]">[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us]</a> On Behalf Of Vickie Davis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:15 PM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To: Ed Gottlieb; <a href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] DEA Spring Collection April 28th<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi Ed,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We started our unwanted medicine collections the year DEA started theirs and coincidentally they selected a Saturday we had already chosen and advertised. Unfortunately, our hours were 9 - noon and theirs were 10 to something. I asked if there was any flexibility and they said "no." <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I also heard from a seemingly reliable source that this April's collection will be the last DEA collection due to pending federal legislation to take care of pharmaceuticals in another way (such as requiring pharmacies to develop programs for counties of 10,000 or more), but we'll see.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Victoria Davis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>10 Water Street, Suite 225<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Lebanon, NH 03766<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>From: <a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a> [pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Ed Gottlieb [egottlieb@cityofithaca.org]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:56 AM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To: <a href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: [Pharmwaste] DEA Spring Collection April 28th<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Some time ago, the DEA announced their Spring collection event, part of their National Take Back Initiative.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/">http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>This web page says, "Please check back in March to locate collection sites near you." I've been checking back every day hoping to find information on how to sign up. If the DEA expects to know who is participating by March, it seemed to me that sign-up should begin soon. Made some phone calls to DEA as well (which I don't recommend doing unless you have a reliable contact there or it's absolutely necessary.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The DEA just added some information to that web page:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>"Law Enforcement Agencies Only: For law enforcement agencies that wish to host a collection site please cal the POC in your area."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A link is provided to a table of Point of Contact persons for each state.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I was able to learn, through phone inquiries, that the sign-up form will go live only 6 or 7 weeks ahead of the event. The agent I spoke with will be sending a suggestion to DEC HQ that they change "March" to "April" in, "Please check back in March to locate collection sites near you."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>That agent also took my request that one of our counties planned collection sites be allowed to extend the hours of operation from 10-2 to 9-3 (the hours of our previous events.) I also requested that the DEA pick-up collected material later in the afternoon to allow us time to do some inventory data collection. Finally, I asked that some collection locations be allowed to deliver their material (with proper chain of custody transfer) to our central collection. I was told there is precedent for this gathering material from multiple sites to one location for DEA pick-up. Our hope is we would have time to inventoried the controlled substances from those sites as well. I'll send out an update with their reply, once it's received.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If the DEA is totally inflexible, our group will face a tough choice.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>1. Join the DEA program and inventory only at our central location. We might have to stop the inventory process once the DEA arrives to collect the material.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2. Hold our collections on the same day (which we picked before the DEA announced their date) and get permits, as we have in the past, through the NYS DOH Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement and the NYS DEC. Unlike the easy DEA registration process, state permitting requires significant effort. We could then inventory as planned.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ed Gottlieb<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>525 3rd Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ithaca, NY 14850<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>(607) 273-8381<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>fax: (607) 273-8433<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>---<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Note: As a courtesy to other listserv subscribers, please post messages to the listserv in plain text format to avoid the garbling of messages received by digest recipients.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>---<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>TO SUBSCRIBE, go to: <a href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LISTSERV. 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