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f <br />Easter, Jesse <br />From: Easter, Jesse <br />Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 11:41 AM <br />To: 'Grant Garrison' <br />Subject: RE: Medical Waste Questionnaire <br />Good Morning Mr. Garrison, <br />The California Health and Safety Code § 117680 defines a Large Quantity Generator as "a medical waste generator, <br />other than a trauma scene waste management practitioner, that generates 200 or more pounds of medical waste <br />in any month of a 12 -month period." <br />At the time of the inspection, you stated that records were only available from the time management changed on <br />June 1, 2019. During the nine months since then, the facility has already exceeded the 200 -pound threshold of <br />medical waste shipped from the facility in a given month. Given that the previous operator of the facility was a <br />declared Large Quantity Generator and that insufficient records were available to determine your current <br />generator status, declaring your facility as a Small Quantity Generator would appear to be premature without a <br />plausible explanation as to why the facility now generates significantly less waste than before. We can revisit this <br />matter once more records are available and a 12 -month period has passed when the facility has evidence in the <br />form of shipping and tracking records that it generates less than 200 pounds of medical waste per month. <br />As a reminder, the compliance date for corrections due from the routine inspection is Monday March 16, 2020. <br />Jesse Easter, REHS <br />San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department <br />1868 E. Hazelton Avenue <br />Stockton, CA 95205-6232 <br />(209) 953-7310 <br />From: Grant Garrison <Grant.Garrison@stocktonnursing.com> <br />Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 10:07 AM <br />To: Easter, Jesse <jeaster@sjgov.org> <br />Subject: Medical Waste Questionnaire <br />Hello, <br />It looks like we generate less than 200 lbs of medical waste per month on average. However, there was a month last <br />year when we had a payment issue and we generated 223lbs. This month was an anomaly and I don't anticipate it going <br />fo rwa rd. <br />Am I safe to designate our facility as a Small Generator and complete the Certification Statement? <br />1 <br />