Call with Michigan: Pharmaceuticals and UWR

Call participants:

	Meg McCarthy

	Patricia Mercer

	Lisa Lauer

	Jack Sinderle – MI DEQ 

Call date:  October 30, 2006

Purpose:  To ascertain any problems/issues with MI’s inclusion of
hazardous pharmaceutical wastes as universal wastes.  MI added
pharmaceuticals to their UW rule in December 2004.

Notes:  Rule seems to be working very well.  When proposing the rule, MI
received a number of positive comments, indicating that the proposed
rule was well-liked.  MI has not heard from health care facilities
(HCFs) that the rule is too burdensome.  When rule was being proposed,
HCFs were in the process of becoming compliant RCRA, so the UWR came
around just at the right time for them.   

