EDGI Information Packet

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Rule: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review Reconsideration

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In the sections below we provide a list of resources to contextualize the rule and to gain information to write and submit your own public comments

I. Federal Register Notices

The Federal Register is the official daily publication of the U.S. federal government. All proposed and final rules are required to be published in the Federal Register. When writing a public comment, the proposed rule is the most critical document to read thoroughly, since your public comment is in response to this document. The best place to start is the “Background” or “Introduction” section, as those sections of proposed rules provide useful information about the history of an issue and the agency’s assertion about its authority or responsibility to (de)regulate it, and they often provide information about assumptions that may underlie the proposed rule.

2026 Proposed Reconsideration of Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review

The Federal Register notice for the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule can be found here:

• Federal Register :: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review
  • Extension of Comment Period Notice

History of the rule

Key historical amendments and revisions are all linked below:

II. Regulations.gov Docket

The docket on regulations.gov is the home for documents relevant to a rule, including the proposed or final rule itself, technical supporting documentation, regulatory or other impact analyses, and other documents the rulemaking working group deems necessary. Public comments that have already been submitted can also be found in the rule’s docket. Anyone can submit a public comment digitally through the docket on regulations.gov.

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review Reconsideration Docket

The docket can be found in docket number EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0178 at Regulations.gov, here:

• Regulations.gov :: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review Reconsideration

Within this docket, there are documents for the proposed rule and relevant technical documents. Depending on the interest of the commenter, several documents may be of use: