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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The pre-publication version of two new regulations impacting pharmaceutical waste are now available. Please see Kristin Fitzgerald’s notice below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00693C">Charlotte A. Smith, R. Ph., M.S.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00693C"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Senior Regulatory Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">WMSS PharmEcology Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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""> Fitzgerald, Kristin [mailto:Fitzgerald.Kristin@epa.gov]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 31, 2015 12:50 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Proposed Pharmaceutical Rule is SIGNED!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#151515">EPA Proposes Rules to Improve Hazardous Waste Management and Better Protect our Waterways / New Rules Also Reduce Regulatory Burden on Businesses
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#151515">Release Date: 08/31/2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#151515">WASHINGTON</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#151515"> -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is proposing two new hazardous waste rules to strengthen environmental protection while reducing regulatory burden on businesses. One of the proposed rules will protect waterways, including drinking and surface water, by preventing the flushing of hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals and simplify the requirements for healthcare workers. The other rule will provide greater flexibility to industry while requiring new safeguards to protect the public from mismanagement of hazardous waste.<br>
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“These rules provide businesses with certainty and the flexibility they need to successfully operate in today’s marketplace,” said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. “The proposals will improve the
safety and health of our communities by providing clear, flexible, and protective hazardous waste management standards.”<br>
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The proposed hazardous waste pharmaceuticals rule will make our drinking and surface water safer and healthier by reducing the amount of pharmaceuticals entering our waterways. EPA’s proposal is projected to prevent the flushing of more than 6,400 tons of hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals annually by banning healthcare facilities from flushing hazardous waste pharmaceuticals down the sink and toilet.<br>
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The proposed rule will reduce the burden on healthcare workers and pharmacists working in healthcare facilities by creating a specific set of regulations for these facilities, including hospitals, clinics, and retail stores with pharmacies and reverse distributors
that generate hazardous waste.<br>
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EPA’s proposed generator rule will enhance the safety of facilities, employees, and the general public by improving labeling of hazardous waste and emergency planning and preparedness. The proposal will also reduce burden by providing greater flexibility in
how facilities and employees manage their hazardous waste and make the regulations easier to understand.<br>
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EPA solicited public comment on improving hazardous waste management from states, healthcare facilities, retailers, facilities generating hazardous waste, and other key stakeholders. Both proposals directly address the challenges raised by these stakeholders
in implementing and complying with hazardous waste regulations.<br>
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The Agency will accept public comments on the proposal for 60 days following publication in the Federal Register.<br>
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Read Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus’ blog “Making Hazardous Waste Regulations Work for Today’s Marketplace” here:
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#151515"><a href="https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2015/08/making-hazardous-waste-regulations/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0082BF">https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2015/08/making-hazardous-waste-regulations/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#151515"><br>
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For additional information on these proposed rules, including how to submit comments, visit:
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#151515"><a href="http://www2.epa.gov/hwgenerators"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0082BF">http://www2.epa.gov/hwgenerators</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kristin Fitzgerald<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Materials Recovery & Waste Management Division<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Recycling & Generator Branch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">phone: 703-308-8286<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">work schedule: Monday - Thursday<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interested in learning which pharmaceuticals are hazardous waste?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Visit the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Wiki:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http:\\HWpharms.wikispaces.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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