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RIN: 2050-AG39

Publication ID: Spring 2010

Title: Amendment to the Universal Waste Rule: Addition of Pharmaceuticals
Abstract: On December 2, 2008, EPA proposed to add hazardous pharmaceutical wastes to the federal universal waste program. The universal waste regulations streamline the collection requirements for specified hazardous wastes over current Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste requirements. Even if included under the universal waste program, pharmaceutical universal wastes will still need to be sent to destination facilities that must comply with the applicable requirements for treatment, storage and disposal facilities under the full hazardous waste regulations. Finally, because this rule is less stringent than current RCRA hazardous waste regulations, authorized states are not required to modify their programs to adopt this regulation, if finalized. Therefore, the regulated entities that could opt-in to the universal waste regime include those in authorized states that have adopted the universal waste rule and amended their programs to include hazardous pharmaceutical wastes.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260 40 CFR 261 40 CFR 264 40 CFR 265 40 CFR 268 40 CFR 270 40 CFR 273
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912(a) 42 USC 6921 42 USC 6922 42 USC 6923 42 USC 6924 42 USC 6926 42 USC 6927 42 USC 6930 42 USC 6937

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/02/2008	73 FR 73520
NPRM Comment Period End	02/02/2008
Extension of Comment Period	01/30/2009	74 FR 5633
Comment Period End	03/04/2009
Final Action	04/00/2011

Additional Information: SAN No. 5127; EPA publication information: NPRM - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-28161.htm; Docket for proposed rule: http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0932; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0932.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.epa.gov/wastes/hazard/wastetypes/universal/pharm.htm
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Lisa Lauer Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5304P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-7418 Fax:703 308-0514 Email: Lauer.Lisa@epa.gov Mark Seltzer Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5304P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 347-8955 Fax:703 308-0514 Email: seltzer.mark@epa.gov