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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">This letter has also been posted on the internet:</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><a href="http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/generation/pharmaceuticals/pharms-take-back-disposal.pdf">http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/generation/pharmaceuticals/pharms-take-back-disposal.pdf</a></font><br>
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Jan Pickrel<br>
Water Permits Division, Industrial Branch<br>
US Environmental Protection Agency<br>
phone: (202) 564-7904.<br>
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<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">From:        </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">"Tenace, Laurie" <Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us></font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">To:        </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">"pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us" <pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us></font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Date:        </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">09/28/2012 10:57 AM</font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Subject:        </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">[Pharmwaste] EPA recommendations on disposal of household pharms collected by take back events letter</font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Sent by:        </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</font><br>
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<tt><font size="2">Please read this letter from EPA on disposal of pharmaceutical waste. One issue they address is the use of burn barrels, categorized as "OSWI" or Other Solid Waste Incinerators. EPA says in this letter that they should not be used for incineration of drugs collected at events.<br>
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Laurie<br>
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Laurie Tenace<br>
Environmental Specialist III<br>
Waste Reduction Section<br>
Florida Department of Environmental Protection<br>
2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555<br>
Tallahassee FL 32399-2400<br>
P: 850.245.8759<br>
F: 850.245.8811<br>
Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us<br>
Mercury: </font></tt><tt><font size="2"><a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm">http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm</a></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><br>
Batteries: </font></tt><tt><font size="2"><a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm">http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/batteries/default.htm</a></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><br>
Pharmaceuticals: </font></tt><tt><font size="2"><a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/pharm/">http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/pharm/</a></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><br>
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