Good afternoon all!  I touched on a bunch of topics at today’s meeting and wanted to share additional links to resources that provide more specific detail on most of them.  If I missed anything, please let me know and I’ll supplement the details below. 

Household Hazardous Waste Coordinator Contact List – This is the list I publish/maintain.  If you have any updates, please send them directly to me.

Solid Waste Recycling Amendments – See www.michigan.gov/swra to find 1 page summaries on the various initiatives that comprise this interest in changing our solid waste regulations to focus on materials management instead of disposal.  See also attached press release on the funding discussion going on in the legislature.

Household Hazardous Waste Web Page – See the general public page and environmental professional’s web page.  I’ll plan to reach out as time allows to update sections of the general public page to share information you all have indicated is important/relevant to share with residents. 

Michigan Household and Very Small Generator Hazardous Waste Collection Site Regulations Webinar - Recorded Webinar and Webinar Notes

Drug Disposal Web Page and Map – www.michigan.gov/deqdrugdisposal.  Here you find access to all of the resources we’ve published for residents and healthcare, including the printable map flyer and ad and recent EPA memo on law enforcement collections and required disposal options (no burn barrels).  If you have map updates, please complete the form.  If you have a number of additions and the form is cumbersome, call me and we can discuss other options to work with the staff/process we have in place. 

Epinephrine Auto Injector Guide – As you know pick-up is the biggest expense for many of the disposals services, so we encourage central pick-up coordination for schools to minimize cost.  As a county you could assist school districts with this stream too by managing it as a universal waste.  If you like we could discuss this in more depth in a future meeting, perhaps with program staff too.

EPA Hazardous Waste Pharmaceutical Rulemaking – See our recorded webinar and attached webinar notes if you’d like to learn more about this topic.

DEA Collection Center Registrant Resources See these DEA rule resources and these DEA registration resources.  Contact Cathy Gallagher, DEA Detroit Diversion Program Manager with questions at Cathy.A.Gallagher@usdoj.gov or Christopher Grush, agent at Christopher.J.Grush@usdoj.gov or both can be reached by phone at 313-234-4000. 

U.S. DOT Questions – My contact for clarifying U.S. DOT requirements is Sgt. John Hogan who can be reached at 734-780-6534 or hogank@michigan.gov.

Michigan Solid Waste Law Diversion Center Requirements – See Part 115, Section 11521b (see page 22).  product

San Francisco Evaluation of Medication Disposal Products – See this report for details on eight consumer products designed to render controlled substances irretrievable.  Also recognize that some hazardous waste disposal vendors and most pharmaceutical waste disposal vendors have their own products designed to meet the DEA irretrievable standard.    

Michigan Guide to Environmental Health and Safety Regulations – www.michigan.gov/ehsguide

Thanks again for your hard work helping people divert these streams from being landfilled!

Regards,

Christine Grossman, Assistance Specialist, Waste Programs

Environmental Support Office, Training and Outreach, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Direct Phone: 517-284-6860

Environmental Assistance Center: 1-800-662-9278 or deq-assist@michigan.gov

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