Sterilizer sues EPA over EtO enforcement at Puerto Rico facility

Sterilization company Steri-Tech, Inc. (STI) is suing EPA over the agency’s enforcement order against its Salinas, PR, facility, asking a federal appeals court to nullify the order requiring a cut in emissions of the solvent ethylene oxide (EtO), currently at the center of litigation around the country, and of major EPA air rules. In a suit filed Jan. 17 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, STI says it seeks judicial review of the Oct. 23 administrative...