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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hello all:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I recently forwarded through this
listserve a notice</span> of comments filed with the United States Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) by the National Solid Wastes Management Association
(NSWMA) stating that “tritium exit signs should not be placed in
municipal landfills … as tritium increases a person’s risk of
developing cancer.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This notice has generated some discussion here in
Tallahassee as to just how much of a problem this may or may not be and, if so,
whether the Department should look towards developing a management strategy for
this waste. I’d like to have answers to a few questions as I work through
what research and policies I can find relevant to this topic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m asking that HHW/SQG persons to help with the
following questions:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>1. Does your agency/facility/program prohibit the
landfill disposal of tritium exit signs?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>2. Has your facility/program ever faced a situation
wherein they have had to manage waste tritium exit signs? If so, how was
this handled?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>3. Do you have any pictures of the inner workings of a
tritium exit sign?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>4. Has your agency/staff done any sort of waste analysis
on waste tritium exit signs?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>5. Have you, or are you aware of, any credible, reputable
scientific and/or policy reports on this topic?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Any assistance you might provide would be greatly
appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your attention to this issue. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Rick<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script Std";color:#002060'>Richard
C. (Rick) Neves</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Household
Hazardous Waste Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Florida
Department of Environmental Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Waste
Reduction Section / MS 4555<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>2600
Blair Stone Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Tallahassee,
Florida 32399-2400<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>(850)
245-8753<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Fax
850-245-8811<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Email:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'><a href="mailto:Richard.neves@dep.state.fl.us"><span style='color:#C00000'>Richard.neves@dep.state.fl.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Page:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#002060'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'><a href="www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/hazardous/pages/household.htm"><span style='color:#C00000'>www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/hazardous/pages/household.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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