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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Thousand Oaks, California Medical Center Enter into...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Los Robles Hospital Medical Center (“ Los Robles”) entered into a March 27th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Federal...more

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Health Care Providers’ Role in Energy Conservation and Sustainability: A Guide to Driving Change

Editor’s note: Health care leaders are operating in an environment of seismic change. From the climate crisis to the renewed focus on social justice to the drive for health equity, a myriad of forces is converging to pressure...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 6. In This Month’s E-News: June 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) - Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more

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Self-Auditing Hospital Environmental Compliance: Knowing What is Wrong is Better than Hoping for the Best

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The C-Suite must intend for the hospital to operate in compliance with environmental rules. A hospital will not naturally achieve or sustain compliance with environmental regulations. Management must set and pursue this goal....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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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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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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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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FY 2019 Administration Budget Request

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President Donald Trump on February 12, 2018, submitted his budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. The President's full budget calls for approximately $4.4 trillion in total spending. Much of the budget seeks...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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Window on Washington - This Week in the Nation's Capital - Vol. 1, Issue 30

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House Passes Bill on Disaster Funding: House Republicans easily passed a supplemental spending bill that included $36.5 billion of disaster aid with a vote of 353-69 after some initial worries on Thursday afternoon that it...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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Dumping Medicine: Make Sure Pharmaceutical Wastes Aren’t Left Behind By Regulatory Reform

Regulatory reform has dominated the Trump administration’s environmental policy agenda to date, fueled by Executive Orders requiring agencies to identify unnecessary regulations for revision or outright rescission, and to...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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Results of EPA OIG’s Review of EPA’s Antimicrobial Testing Program

On September 19, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report, EPA Needs a Risk-Based Strategy to Assure Continued Effectiveness of Hospital-Level Disinfectants, the...more

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EPA'S Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rules May Impose Significant Burdens on Health Care Facilities - Comment Period Runs Until...

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated its proposed regulation of “hazardous waste pharmaceuticals,” i.e., pharmaceutical residues discarded from health care facilities which also meet EPA’s long-standing...more

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EPA Proposes Hazardous Waste Rule for Pharmaceuticals

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A pre-publication draft of a proposed rule by EPA may clarify hazardous waste requirements for obsolete or defective pharmaceuticals. EPA proposes a new Subpart P entitled “Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals” to 40 CFR Part 266...more

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EPA’s New Draft Hazardous Waste Rules Promote Flexibility, but Devil is in the Details

On August 31, 2015, EPA released two proposed hazardous waste rules under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) that will be soon be available for public comment after they are published in the Federal Register....more

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EPA Proposes New Rules for Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Management and for Other Hazardous Waste Generators

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced two new proposed hazardous waste rules that EPA believes would clarify and simplify requirements for health care facilities and retail pharmacies to manage their...more

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EPA Says “Stop” – Don’t Dump Those Drugs Down the Drain

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week released a pre-publication copy of a proposed rule on pharmaceutical hazardous wastes in healthcare and related industries that will significantly affect our healthcare...more

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EPA Proposes RCRA Rules Easing Standards For Pharmaceutical Wastes And Revising Generator Standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 31, 2015, proposed two rules under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) that would alter fundamentally the hazardous waste regulatory program. One rule...more

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