Comment submitted by B. Hockett

"barbara" <bhockett@sbcglobal.net> 12/03/2008 11:08 AM To Group Rcra-Docket@EPA cc bcc Subject Docket ID No. EPA-HQ, RCA-2007-0932 I have been trying to set up a mail back (working with the U.S.P.S.) and drop off pharmaceutical program with the Solid Waste Authority, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, County Sheriff and the City of Walnut Creek Police Department for some time. The program came to a complete stop when we went to the DEA for our permit. It is cost prohibitive to think that a pharmacist will be at a drop off center to identify, count and log in Controlled Substances. My approach was �don�t ask, don�t tell�. When someone comes with medications in a sealed bag they are dumped in a locked container in the Police Headquarters building or they are mailed and disposed of by law enforcement and licensed haulers, but the DEA still wants more counting even though law enforcement was involved in every step. Until the DEA lets go of their rigid and yet sometimes inconsistent rules this will not succeed. Thank you. Barbara Hockett