The EPA now estimates that it will issue propose new regulations for medical device sterilizers’ emissions of ethylene oxide (EtO) in 2022.
The agency issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for the commercial sterilizers in December 2019 but has not produced the proposal.
Now the EPA’s inspector general wants the agency to conduct a new residual risk and technology review for commercial and industrial sites that use or produce EtO, particularly because some of these facilities are located in areas populated by people of color or low income.
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