Pharmaceutical & Proposed Aerosol Rule Updates
Jim Aycock & Marcus Rivas
Hazardous Waste Program, EPA Region 7
at the 01 May 2019 Iowa SGP Meeting
Federal Hazardous Waste
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Pharmaceutical & Proposed Aerosol Rule Updates Jim Aycock - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Federal Hazardous Waste Pharmaceutical & Proposed Aerosol Rule Updates Jim Aycock & Marcus Rivas Hazardous Waste Program, EPA Region 7 at the 01 May 2019 Iowa SGP Meeting 2 Rule Topics Pharmaceutical [Pharma] Pending
Jim Aycock & Marcus Rivas
Hazardous Waste Program, EPA Region 7
at the 01 May 2019 Iowa SGP Meeting
Federal Hazardous Waste
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Pharmaceutical [Pharma] Pending Aerosol
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Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the P075 Listing for Nicotine
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“Pharma” Rule
Why & implementation Sewer prohibition Impacted (& NOT included) classes Key rule elements Planned Outreach A big deal for RCRA because …
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Pharma Rule
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Better fit for healthcare sector Waste- and sector-specific final rule
(HCF & RD)
These hazardous wastes and this sector are
already regulated under RCRA (changing HOW
they are regulated)
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Pharma Rule
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Eliminate sewering HW Pharmaceuticals
(HWP)
Reduce overlapping regs Clarity, certainty & consistency Regulatory relief
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Pharma Rule
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Signed 11 December 2018 Promulgated 22 February 2019
84 Federal Register 5816.
Effective 21 August 2019 in Iowa,
Alaska, Indian Country & Territories
[sewer prohibition effective nationwide, see next slide]
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Pharma Rule
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Effective 21 August 2019 all States, Indian
Country and Territories
Coordinated with DEA Applies to HWP, but ripples
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Pharma Rule
Distribute or sell wholesale or retail General merchandisers Veterinary services Practitioners
continued
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Pharma Rule
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continued
Non-residential care centers –
hospitals & clinics
Residential care centers –
nursing homes, long-term, & hospice
Reverse Distributors
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Pharma Rule
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Pharmaceutical manufacturers –
unless as Reverse Distributor
Farmers, Ranchers, & Fisheries Household usage [household hazardous waste]
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Pharma Rule
Pharmaceutical (& HWP) Potentially creditable HWP Non-creditable HWP Evaluated HWP
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Pharma Rule
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Healthcare Facility Long-term Care Facility Reverse Distributor Reverse Logistics
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Pharma Rule
Dispense Administer
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Pharma Rule
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Relax definition of P075 (nicotine) Redefines “empty” container Conditional exemptions for HHWP & DEA
collection programs
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Pharma Rule
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Awareness in Region 7 Iowa – detailed compliance
assistance workshops
Coordinate with professional
associations
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Pharma Rule
Compliance Assistance Website www.epa.gov/ks/pharma
FAQs Presentations Fact Sheets
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Pharma Rule
Archive of webinars Other? [what do YOU want?]
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Relax definitions of P075 (nicotine) Re-defines “empty” container for HWP Dispositions for HHWP & DEA collection
programs
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Pharma Rule
Generator’s HWP are solid wastes LQG & SQG storage & transport
regs in 40 CFR 266 subpart P
Reverse Distributors storage &
transport regs in 40 CFR 266 subpart P
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Pharma Rule
EPA – Marcus Rivas, 913.551.7669
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Web support – FAQs & webinar content,
https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/final- rule-management-standards-hazardous- waste-pharmaceuticals-and-amendment- p075 Pharma Rule
Increasing Recycling: Adding Aerosol Cans to the Universal Waste Regulations
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“Aerosol” Rule
Critical Dates Key Elements Immediate Next Steps Implementation Future Contacts
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Proposed Aerosol Rule
Rule Proposed 16 March 2018
83 Federal Register 11654
Comment closed 16 April 2018
EPA Docket EPA-HQ-OLEM-2017-0463
EPA referenced NM, CO, CA, UT and OH
state universal waste rules
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Proposed Aerosol Rule
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Assumes cans will be
recycled as scrap metal
Does not include gas
cylinders
Allows handlers (including GEN)
to puncture container
Proposed Aerosol Rule
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Proposed Elements
Puncture waste must
receive HW determination (not UW)
FIFRA allows pesticide
disposal by this method
Proposed Aerosol Rule
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Proposed Elements
P-listed aerosol cans still hazardous
unless triple rinsed
Proposed Aerosol Rule
EPA workgroup reconciling
comments
Region 7 staff active on workgroup Final Rule expected August 2019
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Proposed Aerosol Rule
When finalized, Rule effective in Iowa,
Alaska, Indian Country & Territories
When finalized, Rule not effective in
authorized programs until adopted
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Proposed Aerosol Rule
EPA – Ed Buckner, P.E. 913.551.7621 or
Buckner.Edwin@epa.gov
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Web support –
https://www.epa.gov/hw/increasing- recycling-adding-aerosol-cans-universal- waste-regulations
Once the Rule is final
Proposed Aerosol Rule
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