                          EPA/HQ Summary of Meeting 
           Northeast Waste Management Officials Association (NEWMOA)

Attendees

NEWMOA Participants:
Terri Goldberg and representatives from CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, VT
EPA/R1 Participants:

EPA/HQ Participants:

Beth Deabay, Liz McCarthy, Steve Yee, Robin Biscaia, Sharon Leitch

Jessica Young, Kathy Lett, Jim O'Leary, Drew Lausch, Kristin Fitzgerald, Josh Smeraldi, Mary Beth Sheridan

Date:  November 23, 2015

Location:  Conference Call

Summary

EPA HQ met with Terri Goldberg from NEWMOA, as well as representatives of 7 of the member states, to discuss the proposed Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule.  As NEWMOA prepares to submit comments on the proposed rule, its members asked EPA to clarify provisions of the proposal and how they might affect the roles and responsibilities of the implementing states.
      
NEWMOA plans to submit comments to the docket for the pharmaceuticals proposed rule.



