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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">&#8220;Proposed Rule: Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals&#8221;
</span>has been signed by the EPA Administrator.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It usually takes a couple of weeks before it gets published in the Federal Register.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Below is the text from the website [<a href="http://www2.epa.gov/hwgenerators/proposed-rule-management-standards-hazardous-waste-pharmaceuticals">http://www2.epa.gov/hwgenerators/proposed-rule-management-standards-hazardous-waste-pharmaceuticals</a>
 ] , including a link to the prepublication version: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h1><b><font size="6" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:24.0pt">Proposed Rule: Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h2 style="background:white"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt">Basic Information<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<h3 style="background:white"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt">Legal Authority<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">42 U.S.C. §6921 - 6924<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h3 style="background:white"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt">Code of Federal Regulations<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=e890c50a0ff246a8e05409a398695337&amp;mc=true&amp;node=pt40.26.260&amp;rgn=div5">40
 CFR Part 260-265</a></span></font><span lang="EN"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 CFR Part 268</a></span></font><span lang="EN"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=e890c50a0ff246a8e05409a398695337&amp;mc=true&amp;node=pt40.27.270&amp;rgn=div5">40
 CFR Part 270</a></span></font><span lang="EN"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 CFR Part 279</a></span></font><span lang="EN"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background:white"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt">Docket Number<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0932
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www2.epa.gov/hwgenerators/proposed-rule-management-standards-hazardous-waste-pharmaceuticals#rule-summary">Rule Summary</a></span></font><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www2.epa.gov/hwgenerators/proposed-rule-management-standards-hazardous-waste-pharmaceuticals#rule-history">Rule History</a></span></font><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www2.epa.gov/hwgenerators/proposed-rule-management-standards-hazardous-waste-pharmaceuticals#additional-resources">Additional Resources</a></span></font><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<h2 id="rule-summary"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt">Rule Summary<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">The EPA Administrator signed the proposed Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule on August 31, 2015, and it will be published in the
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Federal Register</font></i></em> within the next few weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">This rule proposes a tailored, sector-specific set of regulations for the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals by healthcare facilities (including pharmacies) and reverse
 distributors. It will provide standards to ensure the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals is safe and workable within the healthcare setting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">In addition, the proposed pharmaceutical rule will make our drinking and surface water safer and healthier by reducing the amount of pharmaceuticals entering our waterways. Our
 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.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Through this proposal, EPA strives to improve the management hazardous waste pharmaceuticals at healthcare facilities (including hospitals, clinics, and retail stores with pharmacies)
 and reverse distributors in order to improve environmental protection.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h3><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt">Pre-publication Copy of the Proposed Rule<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">EPA is providing
<a href="http://www2.epa.gov/hwgenerators/pre-publication-copy-management-standards-hazardous-waste-pharmaceuticals-proposed-rule">
a pre-publication version of the proposed rule for review</a>. While EPA has taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this Internet copy of the rule, it is not the official version of the rule. Please refer to the official version in a forthcoming
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Federal Register</font></i></em> publication, which will appear on the
<a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/">Government Printing Office's FDsys website</a>. Once the official version of this document is published, this version will be removed from the Internet and replaced with a link to the official version.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h3><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt">Commenting on the Proposed Rule<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Comments on this proposal will be accepted for 60 days following publication of this rule in the
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Federal Register</font></i></em>. To submit comments, go to
<a href="http://regulations.gov/">Regulations.gov</a>, search for Docket No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0932 and follow the online instructions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 id="rule-history"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt">Rule History<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">In 2008, EPA proposed to add pharmaceuticals to the types of hazardous wastes that could be managed as Universal Wastes (<a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2008-12-02/pdf/E8-28161.pdf">73
 FR 73520, December 2, 2008</a>).&nbsp; Although commenters supported the idea of new regulations for the management of pharmaceuticals, there were numerous concerns over the lack of notification requirements for those facilities that generate, handle or transport
 pharmaceutical &#8220;universal wastes&#8221; as well as for the lack of tracking requirements for the shipment of these wastes. Therefore, the Agency decided to not finalize the 2008 proposed rule, but rather develop another proposal for new standards for the management
 and disposal of pharmaceutical&nbsp;hazardous waste&nbsp;that are generated by healthcare-related facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">With the new rule, the concerns raised by the public comments regarding notification and tracking issues can be more fully addressed as well as other pharmaceutical&nbsp;hazardous
 waste management issues that are more specific to healthcare facilities. This new proposed rulemaking will only pertain to those pharmaceutical wastes the meet the current definition of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste and that
 are generated by healthcare-related facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Several of the proposed provisions are also responsive to the Notice of Data Availability (<a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-02-14/pdf/2014-02930.pdf">79 FR 8926,
 February 14, 2014</a>) that EPA issued on the retail sector asking for comment on hazardous waste management practices in that sector and on challenges they face in complying with RCRA.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">After consolidating the feedback from these two sources, the regulated community, states and other stakeholders, EPA developed this proposal to improve the management of hazardous
 waste pharmaceuticals to strengthen environmental protection while ensuring businesses have the flexibility and certainty they need to successfully operate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 id="additional-resources"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt">Additional Resources<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www2.epa.gov/hwgenerators/frequent-questions-about-management-standards-hazardous-waste-pharmaceuticals-proposed">Frequent Questions</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Deborah L. DeBiasi</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Email: &nbsp;&nbsp;Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</span></font></b><b><i><font size="2" color="red"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
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</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Virginia Department of Environmental Quality</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
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