Podcast - Hot Topics in Nuclear Waste
Health care facilities' compliance with medical and hazardous waste disposal laws comes under scrutiny in recent—and costly—investigations in California. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Los Robles Hospital Medical Center (“ Los Robles”) entered into a March 27th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Federal...more
The C-Suite must intend for the hospital to operate in compliance with environmental rules. A hospital will not naturally achieve or sustain compliance with environmental regulations. Management must set and pursue this goal....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued its Final Rule imposing new requirements for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. The Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule, issued February 22, 2019,...more
On February 22, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final rule revising management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, which will take effect August 2019. Healthcare facilities that...more
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a new rule to address the handling, storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals by healthcare facilities and reverse distributors. •...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) recently issued new regulations for managing pharmaceutical waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). The rules specify new requirements for hazardous...more
On December 11, 2018, the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or "the Agency”) signed a final rule establishing special management standards for pharmaceutical wastes that are classified as...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has finalized the long-awaited rule — Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the P075 Listing for Nicotine (“Final Rule”)....more
With all of the regulatory obligations that hospitals and other healthcare facilities need to comply with, it might be easy to overlook an environmental law that can lead to significant trouble. Hospitals may find themselves...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gastroenterology Consultants of San Antonio, P.A. (“GCS”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CA”) addressing alleged Resource Conservation and...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hospital Authority of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (d/b/a Nashville General Hospital [“Metropolitan”]) entered into a September...more
Regulatory reform has dominated the Trump administration’s environmental policy agenda to date, fueled by Executive Orders requiring agencies to identify unnecessary regulations for revision or outright rescission, and to...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated its proposed regulation of “hazardous waste pharmaceuticals,” i.e., pharmaceutical residues discarded from health care facilities which also meet EPA’s long-standing...more
A pre-publication draft of a proposed rule by EPA may clarify hazardous waste requirements for obsolete or defective pharmaceuticals. EPA proposes a new Subpart P entitled “Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals” to 40 CFR Part 266...more
On August 31, 2015, EPA released two proposed hazardous waste rules under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) that will be soon be available for public comment after they are published in the Federal Register....more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced two new proposed hazardous waste rules that EPA believes would clarify and simplify requirements for health care facilities and retail pharmacies to manage their...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week released a pre-publication copy of a proposed rule on pharmaceutical hazardous wastes in healthcare and related industries that will significantly affect our healthcare...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 31, 2015, proposed two rules under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) that would alter fundamentally the hazardous waste regulatory program. One rule...more
EPA plans to propose new regulations this year to address the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The agency anticipates issuing a notice of proposed...more