A Closer Look At New Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Regs
Partner Greg Blount and counsel Karlie Webb were published in Law360 for their article titled, “A Closer Look At New Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Regs.” In the article, they discuss the EPA’s long-awaited "Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals" rule, which establishes new sector-specific Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulations for managing hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. The final rule is also a major step in eliminating the current “piece-meal, state-by-state approach to pharmaceutical hazardous waste regulation.” They concluded that, “Because the nation’s drug supply is dependent on both the forward, as well as reverse, flow of pharmaceuticals across many states, the next step in securing this interstate system that assures readily available medicines, will be state approval and adoption of these elaborate, but preferential, new RCRA requirements tailored to this vital sector of our economy and personal well-being.”