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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Sorry, Subject should have read "DEA", not "DEC"!<br>
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<div><font size="2">Ed Gottlieb<br>
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal<br>
Board Member, New York Product Stewardship Council<br>
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<div><font size="2">Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility</font><br>
<font size="2">525 3</font><sup>rd</sup><font size="2"> Street</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">(607) 273-8381</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">fax: (607) 273-8433</font></div>
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<div id="divRpF296486" style="direction: ltr;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Ed Gottlieb<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 12, 2017 3:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> S.C. House passes bill to expand compliance w/DEC rule<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">S.C. was not among my list of states not in compliance with the DEA take back rule [AK, CT, HI, MO, MS, & NH] because the DEA website lists pharmacies and clinics in S.C. that are registered.<span style="">
</span>Apparently, some potential registered collectors were excluded.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The S.C. House has passed a bill (introduced by a republican) to bring them into full compliance with the DEC rule.<span style="">
</span>The Senate still has to act.<span style=""> </span><a href="http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3817" target="_blank">http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3817</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-362 SO AS TO ALLOW PHARMACIES AND OTHER ENTITIES TO REGISTER AS A COLLECTOR TO RECEIVE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AS PART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
TAKE-BACK EVENTS AND OPERATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MAIL-BACK PROGRAMS AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION.</p>
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<div><font size="2">Ed Gottlieb<br>
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal<br>
Board Member, New York Product Stewardship Council<br>
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<div><font size="2">Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility</font><br>
<font size="2">525 3</font><sup>rd</sup><font size="2"> Street</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">(607) 273-8381</font></div>
<div><font size="2">fax: (607) 273-8433</font></div>
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