<html><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><META name="Author" content="Novell GroupWise WebAccess"></head><body style='font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; '><div>Thanks for the useful links Ross. </div><br><div>I've always considered EPA's HHW exclusion to be "in the cards" wherever a residence/household is present, even though it might be physically located inside a commercial facility. </div><br><div>The best examples are a hotel or apartment building: Both have individual residences/households inside, yet the hotel or apartment building is of course a commercial facility ineligible for the HHW exclusion.</div><br><div>(Hotels are specifically listed in EPA's 261.4(b)(1) as an example of a household.)</div><br><div>Bill Yeman</div><div>NYSDEC</div><div>Albany NY<br><br>>>> "Bunnell, Ross" <Ross.Bunnell@ct.gov> 03/09/13 8:55 AM >>><br><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; 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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} span.EmailStyle21 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} span.EmailStyle22 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#002060; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} span.EmailStyle24 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; color:#993366;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if mso 9]--><style>p.MsoNormal {margin-left:3.0pt;} </style><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366">Note to self:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366">Relevant RCRA On-Line documents regarding the subject of whether or not waste generated by prison inmates would be HHW:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366"><a href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/ea6e50dc6214725285256bf00063269d/B1EA4010185041DF8525670F006C22C7/$file/12624.pdf">http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/ea6e50dc6214725285256bf00063269d/B1EA4010185041DF8525670F006C22C7/$file/12624.pdf</a> (hotels)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366"><a href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/4BE891214D0333658525670F006BCD54/$file/13736.pdf">http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/4BE891214D0333658525670F006BCD54/$file/13736.pdf</a> (hotels #2)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366"><a href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/F99D328321A2CA5E8525670F006BE082/$file/11477.pdf">http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/F99D328321A2CA5E8525670F006BE082/$file/11477.pdf</a> (patient waste generated in hospital rooms)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366"><a href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/36CA81A9643439BD8525670F006BDB4C/$file/11347.pdf">http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/36CA81A9643439BD8525670F006BDB4C/$file/11347.pdf</a> (wastes from offices, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#993366"><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" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><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""> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Yeman<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 08, 2013 9:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> Pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Jennifer (MPCA) Volkman<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Jennifer,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Do you have information on where I might find written guidance from USEPA (e.g., one of their RCRAonLine documents) saying that they consider HW generated from prisons to all be institutional waste?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">thanks a lot<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Bill Yeman<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">NYSDEC<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Albany NY<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><br><br>>>> "Volkman, Jennifer (MPCA)" <<a href="mailto:jennifer.volkman@state.mn.us">jennifer.volkman@state.mn.us</a>> 3/7/2013 4:47 PM >>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060">EPA considers HW generated from prisons to be institutional waste, so we go by that. If the prison is a CESQG, disposal requirements may be less restrictive in some states (like maybe they can use HH collection kiosks for HW pharms). In MN, CESQG’s have to manage their HW just like any other larger generator--with a HW transporter to a HW facility.<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" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><br></span>>>> William Yeman 3/8/2013 3:37 AM >>><br> Fred,<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Instead of a hospital, do you think a closer fit would be a long-term care facility?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><br> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">[EPA has said that residents in long-term care facilities enjoy the household waste exclusion (12/2/08 FR p 73525).]</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><br><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Bill Yeman</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">NYSDEC</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Albany NY</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><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""> <a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a> [<a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Fred Miller<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 07, 2013 3:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Gilliam, Allen'; <a href="mailto:Pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">Pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">To me the prison setting most closely resembles a hospital. The cells are more akin to hospital rooms than to hotel, dorm, or bunkhouse rooms where property owners have little control over the activities of individual residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><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""> <a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a> [<a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gilliam, Allen<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">“Considering a prison cell block to be a ‘multiple residence’ or maybe a ‘bunkhouse’, it would be reasonable to consider it to be residential household waste. There’s no official definition, opinion, or determination to that effect, however…”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">From one of our haz waste gurus…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Allen Gilliam/ADEQ State Pretreatment Coordinator<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" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><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""> <a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a> [<a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bunnell, Ross<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us'<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I think we would say that it’s household hazardous waste, as long as it’s generated by the inmate in his cell, and not, say, by a medical care provider in a prison infirmary or hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">--Ross Bunnell<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sanitary Engineer 3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bureau of Materials Management & Compliance Assurance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Waste Engineering & Enforcement Division<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">79 Elm Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hartford, CT 06106-5127<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Office: (860) 424-3274<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fax: (860) 424-4059<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Email</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">: <a href="mailto:ross.bunnell@ct.gov">ross.bunnell@ct.gov</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Website</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">: <a href="http://www.ct.gov/deep">www.ct.gov/deep</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><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" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><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""> <a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a> [<a href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>William More<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Household definition vs prison<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">How does your state classify waste generated by a state corrections prisoner in his cell? Household Waste(like residential waste) or Institutional Waste?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>