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Pharmaceutical Industry Waste Management

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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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California enforcing broad “stewardship program” requirement for pharmaceutical companies

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California’s Pharmaceutical and Sharps Waste Stewardship Act requires pharmaceutical companies doing business in the state to develop and submit a “stewardship plan” to CalRecycle, a branch of the state’s Environmental...more

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Washington State Provides Hazardous Waste Updates for Business

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On September 30, 2020, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) adopted updates to its Dangerous Waste Regulations, Chapter 173-303 WAC. These updates go into effect on October 31, 2020. The updated...more

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Gold Dome Report - June 2020 #9

Legislative Day 38 — June 24, 2020 - With only two legislative days remaining in the 2020 Legislative Session, floor activity in the House and Senate hit a fever pitch as legislators jockeyed to get their measures amended,...more

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Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Management Standard Effective in Georgia, Other States

While health care providers, including long-term care providers, rightly have been consumed the past several months with preparing for and responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic, regulatory agencies across the United...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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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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Planned Updates to Washington’s Dangerous Waste Regulations

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The Washington Department of Ecology is planning several amendments to state dangerous waste regulations. The agency’s preproposal statement of inquiry released on August 2, 2019, indicates that the amendments would...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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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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Solid and Hazardous Waste Judicial/Regulatory Developments (2018-2019): Arkansas Environmental Federation Presentation...

I undertook a presentation on April 17th at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste Judicial/Regulatory Developments: 2018 – 2019 - The discussion addressed...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 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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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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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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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 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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