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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">I just spoke with Dawn Dearson, the Chief of Public Affairs at DEA.
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She confirmed that the new rule has been sent to the Federal Register for publication.<br>
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Their is no science to when items received are published, and she does not know why it has been delayed.<br>
Considering this holiday weekend, she felt confident that it will be published by the end of the week of September 8th. The DEA is planning a big roll out, as soon as it is published.
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Published items appear on-line before the printed version is available. The way I have been checking is to keep a Federal Register search page open and refresh it regularly. The DEA website would be another good place to check.
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https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/search<br>
"FIND": Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010<br>
Search by: "NEWEST"<br>
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https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/search?conditions[agency_ids]=116&conditions[publication_date][gte]=07%2F27%2F2014&conditions[term]=Secure+and+Responsible+Drug+Disposal+Act+of+2010&order=newest<br>
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Anyone else turning blue yet? I'm not only blue, now I have a flush of red, from embarrassment, having passed on info that the rule would be out this week! Hope that doesn't happen again!<br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Ed Gottlieb<br>
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal <br>
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator <br>
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility<br>
525 3<sup>rd</sup> Street<br>
Ithaca, NY 14850<br>
(607) 273-8381<br>
fax: (607) 273-8433</span></p>
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