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Fact Sheets: Proposed and Final Air Toxics Standards for Hospital Sterilizers

This page contains an October 2006 fact sheet with information regarding the proposed National Emissions Standards for Hospital Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers.

This page contains a December 2007 fact sheet with information regarding the final National Emissions Standards for Hospital Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers.

These documents provide a summary of the information for these National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP).

For more information on the rule, visit the regulation page for Hospital Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP).

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