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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Healthcare Facilities

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Technical Corrections / Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements / Pharmaceuticals / Definition of Solid Waste: U.S. Environmental...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a direct final rule on August 9th denominated: Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule, the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule, and the Definition of...more

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Manifesting Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals/New Four Character Code: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency RCRA...

The United States Environmental Agency (“EPA”) released December 19, 2019 interpretive guidance titled: Manifesting Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals – New Four Character Code (“Guidance”) - The document...more

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USP 800 to Present Significant Compliance Challenges for Long-Term Care Providers

When many long-term care providers first hear about USP General Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs--Handling in Healthcare Settings (“USP 800”), they naturally confuse it with the final EPA hazardous pharmaceuticals rule (“EPA...more

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Hazardous waste pharmaceuticals rulemaking

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule governing management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals became effective August 21, 2019. The new regulations apply to the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals by...more

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Now Effective: EPA’s Sewer Ban and (in some states) Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals

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On August 21, 2019, EPA’s Final Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals takes effect federally. The sewer ban component of the new rule applies in all states....more

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State Implementation of New EPA Standards for Maintenance of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals: Drug Supply Chain Implications

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Earlier this year, the Environment Protection Agency (“EPA”) adopted a final rule imposing new standards for the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals (“HWPs”) that goes into effect on August 21, 2019 (“Final Rule”)....more

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A New Pill to Swallow: EPA’s Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule

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Certain pharmaceuticals are regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) as “hazardous waste” when they are discarded.  EPA recently finalized new management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals...more

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EPA Issues New Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued its Final Rule imposing new requirements for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. The Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule, issued February 22, 2019,...more

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[Webinar] Are You Ready? The Clock is Ticking to Comply with New EPA Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule - May 2nd, 12:00pm ET

On February 22, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final rule revising management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, which will take effect August 2019. Healthcare facilities that...more

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New EPA Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Rule Finalized

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On February 22, 2019, EPA published its final rule governing standards for the management of pharmaceutical hazardous wastes in the Federal Register (Final Rule). The Final Rule’s publication in the Federal Register sets...more

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EPA's New Prescription for Pharmaceutical Waste

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• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a new rule to address the handling, storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals by healthcare facilities and reverse distributors. •...more

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EPA Issues New Waste Rules for Hospitals, Medical Clinics and Pharmacies

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) recently issued new regulations for managing pharmaceutical waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). The rules specify new requirements for hazardous...more

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New Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule: Significant Changes Coming for Health Care Facilities, Particularly Long-Term Care...

Health care facilities that provide a host of health care-related services or distribute, sell, or dispense pharmaceuticals will need to learn a whole new set of regulations thanks to a finalized new rule promulgated by the...more

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EPA Overhauls Rules for Pharmaceutical Wastes That Qualify as RCRA Hazardous Wastes

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On December 11, 2018, the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or "the Agency”) signed a final rule establishing special management standards for pharmaceutical wastes that are classified as...more

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EPA Finalizes Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has finalized the long-awaited rule — Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the P075 Listing for Nicotine (“Final Rule”)....more

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Health Care: New Rules for Hazardous-Waste Pharmaceuticals

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon publish new rules that provide tailored standards for handling hazardous-waste pharmaceuticals in the health care sector. The rules streamline the requirements for the...more

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EPA Finalizes Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources and Food, Drug & Device/FDA Groups explain how the EPA’s final rule on how to dispose of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals will affect health care facilities, reverse distributors,...more

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Medication or Hazardous Waste?

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While much of the environmental bar was focused on the Waters of the U.S. rulemaking, on December 11, U.S. EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed the new hazardous waste pharmaceutical rule. The final rule retains a...more

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Issue Spotlight: Proper Hazardous Waste Storage and Disposal at Healthcare Facilities

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With all of the regulatory obligations that hospitals and other healthcare facilities need to comply with, it might be easy to overlook an environmental law that can lead to significant trouble. Hospitals may find themselves...more

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Pharmaceutical Waste Rule to Impose New Reporting Requirements on Health Care Facilities

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A new rule proposed by the EPA to take effect in July 2018 would redefine pharmaceutical waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), fundamentally altering how the pharmaceutical supply chain currently...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and San Antonio, Texas Medical Facility Operator...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gastroenterology Consultants of San Antonio, P.A. (“GCS”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CA”) addressing alleged Resource Conservation and...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Nashville, Tennessee Hospital Owner Enter into Consent...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hospital Authority of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (d/b/a Nashville General Hospital [“Metropolitan”]) entered into a September...more

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Some Will Always Have Paris: Withdrawal from the Climate Change Accord May Not Reduce the Heat on the Health Care Industry

President Trump’s decision earlier this month to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement—an international, nonbinding agreement to take steps to limit global temperature rise—followed a series of moves at the...more

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EPA IG's Concerns About Oversight of Hospital Disinfectants Reinforces Need for Robust Infection Control Programs

On September 19, 2016, the Inspector General (IG) for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the latest in a long line of reports identifying flaws in EPA’s process for ensuring the efficacy of hospital-grade,...more

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What Does the Health Care Industry Do Now When Disposing "Hazardous Waste" Pharmaceuticals?

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Potentially affected health care facilities should evaluate current management practices, evaluate best management practices for regulated facilities, and develop a plan to prepare for and manage a regulatory inspection....more

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