Unintended releases to the environment and employee exposure can have long lasting consequences, including loss of life, ecological impacts, regulatory fines and penalties, and damage to corporate reputation. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Justice and Health Research, Exposure Factors Handbook (2011, Final) and Updates, Guidelines for Human Exposure Assessment (2019, Final Report), Small Business Innovation Research Program, Methods, Models, Tools, and Databases for Health Research, Basic Information About Human Subjects Research, EPA Partners with Public Health Associations, Report on the Environment (ROE) - Human Exposure & Health, Health and Environmental Effects of Air Quality, Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI), Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program, Proctor Creek Community Engagement in Atlanta, GA, EPA's Environmental Quality Index Supports Public Health, Studying Manganese Exposure in Eastern Ohio, Teaming Up to Make a Visible Difference in Sun Valley, CO. A part of this is providing regulatory clarity on how pharmaceuticals must be managed under the DEA, EPA and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This is an important change, as California has taken enforcement actions against several national retail chains with pharmacies for not fully complying with the previously convoluted reverse distribution process. There's a difference between the CFR and the FR. Under the new rule, health care facilities and reverse distributors will have to change how they currently handle, store, transport and dispose of hazardous waste. This webinar will be conducted using a slides-and-audio format. While effective dates to adopt the rule may vary by state, the exception to state adoption is the ban on flushing pharmaceuticals down the toilet, rinsing them the sink or other “sewering” methods. This new regulation was published in the Federal Registrar in Feb. 22, 2019, and it requires health and environmental facilities to examine and likely restructure their hazardous waste management practices. The FR announces ongoing activities of the agencies and notifies you when you can comment on a proposed regulation. Previously with Arcadis US, Connie was responsible for a Center of Excellence delivering services in partnership with Cority Software. The EPA edited the current listing for acutely hazardous nicotine and salts, designating that FDA-approved, over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies such as patches, gums and lozenges will no longer be considered acutely hazardous waste. We provide a number of tools for you to keep track of and participate in the development of new EPA regulations, and to learn how to comply with existing regulations. EPA rulemakings (i.e., regulations that are under development) could impact you once they become final regulations. In many cases, state-level environmental agencies administer the federal regulations that EPA puts in place. Please note, Title 40 is typically not updated until July of the current calendar year. State-by-state adoption of the Management Standards of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals will be a long process with varying timelines and outcomes as states have the ability to be more stringent. The EPA is one of the major federal regulatory agencies affecting the healthcare industry today with their main concern around pollution control and the management of regulated waste.