Massachusetts

Howard Wensley, M.S., CHO
Department of Public Health
Division of Community Sanitation
150 Freemont Street

Boston, MA 02111

Telephone: (617) 727-2660

Michigan

Lawrence Chadzynski, M.P.H.
Environmental Quality Specialist
Michigan Department of Public Health
Medical Waste Regulation

Division of Environmental Health
Bureau of Environmental and Occupational
Health

3423 N. Logan/Martin L. King Jr. Blvd.
P.O. Box 30195

Lansing, MI 48909

Telephone: (517) 335-8637

Samuel Davis, B.S., RM (AAM)
Michigan Department of Public Health
Bureau of Laboratory and Epidemiological
Services

Quality Control Unit

Laboratory Services Section

Division of Administration

3500 N. Logan Street

P.O. Box 30035

Lansing, MI 48909

Telephone: (517) 335-8074

New Jersey

Robert M. Confer, M.B.A.
Bureau Chief

Bureau of Medical Waste, Residuals Managemeiit
and Statewide Planning
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

& Energy é
Division of Solid Waste Management
840 Bear Tavern Road

CN 414

Trenton, NJ 08625
Telephone: (609) 530-8599/Fax: (609) 530-8899

Rana A. Kazmi, Ph.D.

New Jersey Department of Health

Regulated Medical Waste Project

CN 369

3635 Quakerbridge Road

Trenton, NJ 08625

Telephone: (609) 588-3124/Fax: (609) 588-7431

Ronald Ulinsky

Department of Health

Public Health Sanitation and Safety
3635 Quaker Bridge Rd.

CN 369

Trenton, NJ 08625

Telephone: (609) 588-3124

New York

Ira F. Salkin, Ph.D.

Director, Regulated Waste Management
Wadsworth Center for Laboratories & Reseazca
New York Department of Health

P.O. Box 509, Empire State Plaza

Albany, NY 12201-0509

Telephone: (518) 474-7413


Roger Greene, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Diann J. Miele, M.S.,
Rhode Island Department of Health, and Nelson S. Slavik, Ph.D., President, Environmental
Health Management Systems, Inc., were primarily responsible for facilitating consensus among
participants during each of the three meetings that were held to discuss state review of medical
waste treatment technologies.

Nelson S. Slavik, Ph.D., prepared this final document which reflects the discussions and
consensus reached at these meetings.

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The following state officials served as a steering committee for these meetings:

Charles H. Anderson
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

Lawrence Chadzynski, M.P.H.
Michigan Department of Public Health

Robert M. Confer
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection & Energy

Carolyn Dinger
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Roger Greene
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Diann J. Miele, M.S.
Rhode Island Department of Health

Phillip R. Morris
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Ira F. Salkin, Ph.D.
New York Department of Health

Wayne Turmberg
Washington Department of Ecology

John Winn, R.E.H.S. . .
California Department of Health Services

A complete listing of all participants attending the New Orleans, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C.
meetings may be found in Appendix D.


Louisiana (cont’d)

Mary Lou Austin

Department of Environmental Quality
Solid Waste Division

7290 Bluebonnet

Baton Rouge, LA 70810

Telephone: (504) 765-0249

Henry B. Bradford, Jr., Ph.D.

Health Laboratory Director

Louisiana Department of Health and
Hospitals

Office of Public Health

Division of Laboratory Services

325 Loyola Avenue, Room 709

New Orleans, LA 70112

Telephone: (504) 568-5375

Carolyn Dinger

Environmental Program Manager
Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality

Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste

Solid Waste Division

P.O. Box 82178

Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2178

Telephone: (504)765-0249

Bobby G. Savoie

Office of the Secretary

Dept. of Health and Hospitals

1201 Capitol Access Rd. 3rd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Louis Trachtman, MD

Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals
325 Loyola Avenue

New Orleans, LA 70112

Telephone: (504) 568-5050

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Maine

Scott Austin

Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Hazardous Material and Solid Waste
Control -

State House Station #17 oa

Augusta, ME 04333-0017

Telephone: (207) 287-2651/Fax: (207) 287-7826

Maryland

Beverly A. Collins, M.D.

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Maryland Health Department

Office of Licensing and Certification Programs
4201 Patterson Ave.

Baltimore, MD 21215

Bill Dorrill, Deputy Director

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Maryland Health Department

Office of Licensing and Certification Programs
4201 Patterson Ave.

Baltimore, MD 21215

Patricia Meinhardt, M.D., M.P.H.
Maryland Department of Health
210 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: (301) 225-6677

Steven T. Wiersma, M.D., M.P.H.

Maryland Department of Environment

2500 Broening Highway

Baltimore, MD 21224

Telephone: (410) 631-3851/Fax: (410) 631-3198


North Carolina

Emest Lawrence, Ph.D.
DEHNR - Solid Waste Section
401 Oberlin Road

Suite 150

Raleigh, NC 27605
Telephone: (919) 733-0692

Ohio

Alison Shockley

Obio Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Solid and Infectious Waste
Management

1800 Watermark Drive

Columbus, OH 43215
Telephone:(614)644-2813/Fax:(614)644-2329

Oklahoma

Harriett Muzljakovich

Oklahoma State Department of Health
Solid Waste Division

1000 NE 10th Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299
Telephone:(405)271-7155/Fax:(405)271-7079

Puerto Rico

Florilda Forestier

Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board
Land Pollution Control Area

P.O. Box 11488

Santurce, Puerto Rico 00910
Telephone:(809)274-8962/Fax:(809)767-8118

Yira Suarez

Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board
431 Ponce de Leon Avenue

Hato Ray, Puerto Rico 00917
Telephone: (809) 274-8962

D-6

Rhode Island

Roger Greene

Assistant to the Director
Rhode Island Department
Management

9 Hayes Street -
Providence, RI 02908-5003 *-”

Telephone: (401) 277-2771/Fax: (401) 277-6802

of Environmental

Diann J. Miele, M.S.

Environmental Scientist

Rhode Island Department of Health

206 Cannon Building, 3 Capitol Hill

Providence, RI 02908-5097

Telephone: (401) 277-3424/Fax: (401) 277-6953

A. Joseph Sherry

Rhode Island Department of Health Laboratory
50 Orms Street

Providence, RI 02904

Telephone: (401) 274-1011

South Carolina

Jacob Baker

Department of Health and Environmental Control
Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste

2600 Bull St.

Columbia, SC 29201

Telephone: (803) 734-5213

Phillip R. Morris

Manager

South Carolina Department
Environmental Control
Infectious Waste Management Section

Bureau of Solid & Hazardous Waste Management
2600 Bull Street

Columbia, SC 29201

Telephone: (803) 734-5448/Fax: (803) 734-5199

of Health and


OTHER PARTICIPANTS

Kimberly Browning
Environmental Analyst
SAIC

7600-A Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22043
Telephone: (703) 734-2587

Nelson "Sig" Slavik, Ph.D.

President

Environmental Health Management Systems
Inc.

P.O. Drawer 6309

South Bend, IN 46660

Telephone: (219) 272-8748

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APPENDIX D

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS IN NEW
ORLEANS, ATLANTA, AND WASHINGTON, D.C.


South Carolina (cont’d)

Joann Bliek

South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control

Infectious Waste Section

2600 Bull Street

Columbia, SC 29201

Telephone: (803) 734-4834

Texas

Patricia Riley, D.V.M.

Texas Water Commission

Industrial and Hazardous Wastes/Waste
Evaluation

P.O. Box 13087

Austin, TX 78711-3087
Telephone:(512)908-6832/Fax:(512)908-6410

Lynne M. Sebulster, Ph.D.
Texas Department of Health
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
1100 W. 49th Street

Austin, TX 78756

Telephone:(512)458-7328/Fax:(512)458-7601
Virginia

Robert G. Wickline, P.E.

VA Department of Environmental Quality
Monroe Bidg., 11th Floor

101 N. 14th Street

Richmond, VA 23219
Telephone:(804)225-2321/Fax:(804)786-0320

D-7

Washington

Ned C. Therien, M.P.H., M.S., RS

Food Program Specialist

Washington Department of Health
Environmental Health Programs

Office of Community EnVironmental
Programs

Building 3 Airdustrial Center

P.O. Box 47826

Olympia, WA 47826 ;
Telephone: (206) 438-7219

Fax: (206) 586-5529 [

Health

Wayne L. Turnberg, M.S.P.H.
Washington Department of Ecology
3190 160th Ave., SE

Bellevue, WA 98008-5452
Telephone: (206) 649-7030

West Virginia i

Joe Wyatt, RS

West Virginia Bureau of Public Health i
Office of Environmental Health Services

815 Quarrier Street, Suite 418

Charleston, WV 25301-2616

Telephone: (304) 558-2981/Fax: (304) 558-0691

CANADA 7

Michael Brodsky |
Chief, Environmental Bacteriology

Ministry of Health

81 Resources Rd.

Etobicoke, Ontario M9P 3T1

Gordon Donnelly, M.B.A., P.Eng.
Ministry of the Environment

2 St. Clair Avenue West, 14th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L5
Telephone: (416) 323-5130


FEDERAL AGENCIES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Richard Knudsen, Ph.D., Chief

Biosafety

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton, Rd, NE

Mail Stop FOS

Atlanta, GA 30333

Telephone: (404) 639-3238

Food and Drug Administration

Timothy Ulatowski

Associate Director for General Devices
Food and Drug Administration

1390 Pickard Dr.

Rockville, MD 20850

Telephone: (301) 427-1307/Fax: (301) 427-
1977

National Institutes of Health

Edward A. Pfister, RS, M.S.P.H.
Environmental Health Specialist
National Institutes of Health
Bldg No. 13, Room 3W64

9000 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: (301) 498-7990

Ronald Trower

Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
National Institutes of Health

Bldg No. 13, Room 3K04

9000 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, MD 20892

Telephone: (301) 496-2346

D-2

U.S. Department of Transportation

George E. Cushmac, Ph.D.

U.S. Department of Transportation
RSPA

Mail Stop DHM22 “
400 7th Street, SW 7
Washington, DC 20590-0001

Telephone: (202) 366-4545/Fax: (202) 366-3753

Eileen Martin

U.S. Department of Transportation
RSPA, Room 8100

Mail Stop DHM12

400 7th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20590

Phillip T. Olson, P.E., CTH

U.S. Department of Transportation
RSPA, Room 8100

Mail Stop DHM22

400 7th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20590
Telephone: (202) 366-4545

Jennifer Posten

U.S. Department of Transportation
RSPA

Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
Washington, DC 20590

Telephone: (202) 366-4488

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Robin Biscaia

U.S. EPA Region I
RCRA Support Section
HRW CAN 3

One Congress Street
Boston, MA 02203

Telephone: (617) 573-5754/Fax: (617) 573-3#.02


FEDERAL AGENCIES (cont'd)

Srinivas Gowda
U.S. EPA - Registration Division

(H7505C)
2401 M Street, SW

Washington, DC 20460
Telephone:(703)305-6845/Fax:(703)305-5786

Sid Harper

U.S. EPA Region IV, Office of Solid Waste
345 Courtland Street, NE

Atlanta, GA 30365
Telephone:(404)347-2091/Fax:(404)347-5205

Kristina L. Meson

U.S. EPA, Office of Solid Waste

(OS-332)

401 M Street, SW

Washington, DC 20460
Telephone:(202)260-5736/Fax:(202)260-0225

Zig Vaituzis

U.S. EPA, Antimicrobial Branch

(H7505C)

Office of Pesticide Programs

401 M Street, SW

Washington, DC 20460
Telephone:(703)305-7167/Fax:(703)305-5786

Michaelle Wilson

Chief, Special Wastes Section

U.S, Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Solid Waste

401 M Street, SW

Washington, DC 20160

STATE AGENCIES
California

John P. Winn, R.E.H.S.

Environmental Health Specialist V

Supervisor, Medical Waste Mapagement
California Department of Health Services
Environmental Management Branch
Environmental Health Services Section

601 North 7th Street, P.O. Box 942732
Sacramento, CA 94234-7320

Telephone: (916) 324-2206/Fax: (916) 323-3869

Delaware

Indra Batra

Delaware Department of Natural Resources &
Environmental Control

Division of Air & Waste Management

P.O. Box 1401

89 Kings Highway

Dover, DE 19903

Telephone: (302) 739-3822

Hlinois

Douglas W. Clay, P.E.

Illinois EPA

2200 Churchill Road

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, IL 62794-9276

Telephone: (217) 524-3300/Fax: (217) 524-3291

Louisiana

Charles H. Anderson

Sanitarian Program Manager

Office of Public Health

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
P.O. Box 60630

325 Loyola Avenue

New Orleans, LA 70160

Telephone: (504) 568-8343/Fax: ‘504) 508." >