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Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter - August 2024

Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general across the country and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DOJ Announces 2019 FCA Recovery, Majority Came from Healthcare Industry

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this month that it obtained over $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil fraud and false claims cases during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019 (FY 2019). Of this...more

Baker Donelson

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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

[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

Holland & Knight LLP

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

Beveridge & Diamond PC

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

K&L Gates LLP

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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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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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

Williams Mullen

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

Alston & Bird

EPA Proposes New Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule. If finalized, it will create an entirely new subpart in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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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EPA to Propose Health Care Facility-Specific Regulations for the Management of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Under RCRA

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EPA plans to propose new regulations this year to address the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The agency anticipates issuing a notice of proposed...more

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