                          EPA/HQ Summary of Meeting 
                                Cardinal Health

Attendees

Cardinal Health Participants:
Mike Anderson, Dave Barr, Patricia Buchanan, Jim Cline, Andrea Fenstermacher, Kay Gagliardi, Kathy Holen, Steve Kostic, 
NJ DEP Participants:

EPA/HQ Participants:

Jeff Salabritas, Amy Scaffidi

Jessica Young, Kathy Lett, Jim O'Leary, Drew Lausch, Kristin Fitzgerald, Josh Smeraldi, Ricardo Jones

Date:  December 1, 2015

Location:  Swedesboro, NJ

Summary

EPA HQ representatives met with representatives from Cardinal health, along with representatives from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), to discuss the role of wholesale distributors of both prescription and over-the counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals along with the challenges that arise from complying with RCRA regulations when dealing with returned consumer goods. Cardinal health is a wholesaler of pharmaceuticals, providing pharmaceuticals to pharmacies, hospitals, and retail through its chain of 26 nation-wide distribution facilities.  The participants discussed the role of wholesalers in pharmaceutical distribution, along with how returns, credit, and reverse distribution are managed. Cardinal Health also provided participants with a tour of the facility, explaining how hazardous pharmaceuticals are managed. 
      
Cardinal health plans to contribute to comments submitted to the docket for the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Proposed Rule.



