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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I think it is time to add the collection of human waste containing Cytotoxic Chemotherapy drugs to the program..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Check out <a href="http://www.cytotoxicsafety.org">www.cytotoxicsafety.org</a> to set up a program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jim M.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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"'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Seery, Scott, Env. Health<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 01, 2014 3:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Tenace, Laurie'; 'pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] RE: Alameda County ordinance upheld by federal appeal court<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yes, we think it’s pretty awesome over here. </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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"'> <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>Tenace, Laurie<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 01, 2014 12:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Alameda County ordinance upheld by federal appeal court<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please note that this email originated with Catherine Zimmer, not me. I am forwarding it for her. Always let me know if you have problems posting to the list serve.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Laurie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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"'> Catherine Zimmer [<a href="mailto:zenllc@usfamily.net">mailto:zenllc@usfamily.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 01, 2014 8:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a><br><b>Subject:</b> FW: Alameda County Drug ordinance upheld by federal appeal court!!! WooHoo!!!<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This opens the door for EPR in all the states. Along with the new rules for CS management not only will the burden be shifted from the public—although management of the waste should have oversight, maybe we will also see some source reduction. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Very truly yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Zimmer Environmental Improvement, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>St. Paul, MN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ph: 651.645.7509<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:zenllc@usfamily.net"><span style='color:blue'>zenllc@usfamily.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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"'> <a href="mailto:cpsc-pharmaceuticals-listserv@googlegroups.com">cpsc-pharmaceuticals-listserv@googlegroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:cpsc-pharmaceuticals-listserv@googlegroups.com">mailto:cpsc-pharmaceuticals-listserv@googlegroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heidi Sanborn<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 30, 2014 4:41 PM<br><b>To:</b> CPSC Pharmaceutical Listserv (<a href="mailto:cpsc-pharmaceuticals-listserv@googlegroups.com">cpsc-pharmaceuticals-listserv@googlegroups.com</a>)<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: Alameda County Drug ordinance upheld by federal appeal court!!! WooHoo!!!<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A federal appeals court rejected a challenge Tuesday by the pharmaceutical industry to an Alameda County ordinance, the first in the nation to require drug manufacturers to pay disposal costs for consumers’ unused medications.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Drug companies, backed by trade associations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, argued that the 2012 ordinance illegally shifts local costs to out-of-state producers and interferes with interstate commerce. But the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the county’s measure treats all manufacturers equally and imposes no substantial burden on interstate businesses.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The ordinance “applies to all manufacturers that make their drugs available in Alameda County — without respect to the geographic location of the manufacturer,” Judge N. Randy Smith said in the 3-0 ruling, which upheld a federal judge’s decision in the county’s favor. “Given that the ordinance applies across the board, it does not discriminate at all,” nor does it regulate conduct outside the county, he said.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Smith also noted that pharmaceutical companies collect $950 million a year in sales revenue in Alameda County and could comply with the ordinance at an annual cost of $1.2 million, by the comnpanies’ estimate, or $330,000 by the county’s estimate. The companies could recoup their costs by raising prices in Alameda County by one cent for each $10 in sales, said Arthur Shartsis, a lawyer for the county.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The court’s affirmance of local regulation was crucial, Shartsis said, because “the pharmaceutical industry has the lobbying power to stop these kinds of programs at the state level. It does not have the power to stop them at the county level.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, which sued to overturn the ordinance, was not immediately available for comment. The organization could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The ordinance was approved by county supervisors in July 2012 and is still in the process of being implemented. It requires makers of prescription drugs sold in the county to fund a program that picks up and disposes of leftover drugs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Alameda County now operates and pays for about 30 drop-off sites where consumers can discard their pills. County officials who backed the ordinance said drug companies should bear the cost of cleaning up their products for the sake of the environment and their customers’ health. The Natural Resources Defense Council, city and county governments and Attorney General Kamala Harris filed arguments asking the court to uphold the ordinance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Bob Egelko is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: <a href="mailto:begelko@sfchronicle.com">begelko@sfchronicle.com</a>. Twitter: @egelko<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>For the ruling: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT - PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANU V. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA Opinion <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2014/09/30/13-16833.pdf">http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2014/09/30/13-16833.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bill Pollock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1131 Harbor Bay Parkway M/S51701 (mailing address only)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Alameda, CA 94502<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>510-670-6460 Fax 510-293-9374<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>-- <br><br>--- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CPSC Pharmaceuticals Stewardship Bill Listserv" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:cpsc-pharmaceuticals-listserv+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">cpsc-pharmaceuticals-listserv+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>For more options, visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/optout">https://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>