                                EPA/HQ Summary
                    Facility Visit  -  DRS Product Returns

Attendees

DRS Participants:
Jim Schumacher, Dan Phillips, Christine Kreger
EPA/HQ Participants:
Jessica Young, Drew Lausch, Jim O'Leary, Kristin Fitzgerald, Josh Smeraldi, Kathy Lett, Ricardo Jones
PADEP Participant:
Michael Maiolie
Other Participants:
Tracy Pellicori (S.C. Johnson), Joshua Mishleau (S.C. Johnson), Joshua Lipnick (Pfizer)

Date:  December 1, 2015

Location:  2525 North 12th Street, Suite 2100, Reading, PA 19605

Summary

As part of ongoing outreach efforts associated with development of EPA's Retail RCRA Strategy, the Agency met with DRS and other representatives and toured the reverse logistics center.  Discussions focused on:  (1) the role played by reverse logistics centers, such as DRS, in the management and ultimate disposition of consumer goods that have become unsalable at retail stores and are moving through the reverse distribution process and (2) regulatory efforts already underway, such as the proposed Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Generator Improvements rules and planned guidance, to address RCRA-related issues, including retail sector challenges in terms of complying with RCRA regulations.

