                          EPA/HQ Summary of Meeting 
                                 Michigan DEQ

Attendees
EPA Region 5:

Michigan DEQ:


Mary Setnicar, Gary Westefer, Judy Greenburg

Rhonda Blair, Jim Day, Christine Grossman, Dee Montgomery, Dave Slayton

EPA/HQ Participants:

Jessica Young, Drew Lausch, Kristin Fitzgerald, Josh Smeraldi

Date:  		December 16, 2015

Location:  		Conference Call

Summary

EPA HQ and EPA Region 5 met with representatives of the Michigan DEQ to discuss the proposed Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule. MI DEQ was in the process of developing comments on the proposed rule. Their discussions focused on five main issues: 

 managing non-hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and hazardous waste pharmaceuticals together
 personnel protective equipment
 sewer ban
 reverse distributors
 universal waste program for pharmaceuticals in Michigan
      
Michigan DEQ later submitted comments to the docket for the pharmaceuticals proposed rule.



