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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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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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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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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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Medication or Hazardous Waste? EPA Creates Significant New Requirements for Managing Unused Pharmaceuticals

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On December 11, 2018, U.S. EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a new hazardous waste pharmaceutical rule. The final rule retains a proposed requirement, opposed by industry, that prescription pharmaceuticals sent...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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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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Healthcare Providers Face New Rules Governing the Disposal of Pharmaceuticals

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On September 25, 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency published a proposed rule concerning “Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals”. Under the proposed rule, the term “healthcare...more

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Don’t Flush the Drugs! The EPA is Coming!

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a pre-publication Proposed Rule (40 C.F.R. part 266, subpart P) regulating the management and disposal of drugs deemed “hazardous waste pharmaceuticals” by healthcare...more

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EPA Proposes New Rules for Pharmaceutical Wastes That Qualify as RCRA Hazardous Wastes

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On August 31, 2015, the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or the “Agency”) signed a proposed rule that would establish special management standards for pharmaceutical wastes that are classified...more

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