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The U.S. EPA final rule “Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the P075 Listing for Nicotine” (Rule), effective August 21, 2019, goes into effect in states and territories without a RCRA-authorized hazardous waste program (Alaska, Iowa, the Indian Nations, and the territories Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands) as of that date. RCRA-authorized states must adopt the more stringent provisions of the Rule within a few years of this federal effective date.

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Toolbox Talks	"Empty" HazWaste Pharmaceutical Containers: IV Bags		National
Final Regulations	40 CFR Parts 261, 262, 264, et al - Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the P075 Listing for Nicotine; Final Rule	02/22/2019	National
Guidance Documents	Applicability of the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceutical Rule to Healthcare Facilities		National
Toolbox Talks	Empty Hazardous Waste Pharmaceutical Containers		National
Guidance Documents	EPA Guidance: Medicinal Nitroglycerine that Does not Exhibit the Reactivity Characteristic		National
Guidance Documents	EPA Memo: Containers that Once Held P-listed Pharmaceuticals		National
Guidance Documents	EPA Memo: Scope of Hazardous Waste Listing P042 (Epinephrine)		National
Guidance Documents	Hazardous Waste Pharmaceutical Rule: Is Your Waste "Potentially Creditable" or "Non-creditable"?		National
Questions & Answers	Is chemotherapy waste that is trace or RCRA Empty considered hazardous waste?	11/08/2019	National
Toolbox Talks	Managing Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals		National
Guidance Documents	NAICS Codes of Healthcare Facilities and Reverse Distributors Potentially Affected by the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceutical Rule		National
Regulatory Analysis	Pharmaceutical Waste		National