A
public hearing is scheduled for Sept 7th on the state's incorporation of the
2009 EPA rules for hospital medical waste incinerators. This is important: The state will decide whether to move EPA compliance up by 2 years to 2012,
how to handle bypass events, and whether they will strengthen the rules on segregating plastics, paper and metals from
incineration.
Please attend this hearing and voice your concerns!
Sept 7th, 7pm
Moore Humanities & Research Administration, Bldg 246,
Room #1215
Spring Garden Street UNCG Campus
Greensboro NC 27412
Free parking behind Weatherspoon Art Museum (Cone Bldg), Bldg 99 Spring Garden Street
Read the state's
draft of the new rules here.The hearing record will remain open for written comments until October 15, 2010.
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| "What is the right thing? Simply put, it is the elimination of all incineration of medical waste not
required by law to be burned."
Martha Hamblin, GASP, at Stericyle Annual Stockholder Meeting
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