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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">September 25, 2015 (80 FR 58014) -- Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals; Proposed rule.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SUMMARY:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Some pharmaceuticals are regulated as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when discarded. Healthcare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">facilities that generate hazardous waste pharmaceuticals as well as associated facilities have reported difficulties complying with the Subtitle C hazardous waste
regulations for a number of reasons. First, healthcare workers, whose primary focus is to provide care for patients, are not knowledgeable about the RCRA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">hazardous waste regulations, but are often involved in the implementation of the regulations. Second, a healthcare facility can have thousands of items in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">its formulary, making it difficult to ascertain which ones are hazardous wastes when disposed. Third, some active pharmaceutical ingredients are listed as acute
hazardous wastes, which are regulated in small amounts. To facilitate compliance and to respond to these concerns, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to revise the regulations to improve the management and disposal of
hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and tailor them to address the specific issues that hospitals, pharmacies and other healthcare-related facilities face. The revisions are also intended to clarify the regulation of the reverse distribution mechanism used by
healthcare facilities for the management of unused and/or expired pharmaceuticals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">DATES:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Comments must be received at EPA on or before November 24, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">COMMENTS DUE:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To Tallahassee by Friday<b>- October 23, 2015<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#7030A1">Susan Horlick<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:BookAntiqua-Bold;color:#7030A1">Environmental Specialist III<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:BookAntiqua-Bold;color:#7030A1">Florida Department of Environmental Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:BookAntiqua-Bold;color:#7030A1">Hazardous Waste Program & Permitting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:BookAntiqua-Bold;color:#7030A1">Phone (850)-245-8778<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:BookAntiqua-Bold;color:#7030A1">FAX (850) 245-8803<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri-Bold;color:blue"><a href="mailto:Susan.Horlick@dep.state.fl.us">Susan.Horlick@dep.state.fl.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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