EPA Agrees To Reconsider Chemical Sector Air Rule Over EtO Assessment

EPA has agreed to requests from state, industry and environmental groups to reconsider the Trump administration’s controversial 2020 revision to its air toxics rule for the miscellaneous organic chemical manufacturing (MON) sector, opening the door to strengthening the rule due to the risks posed by the solvent ethylene oxide (EtO). EPA said in a June 17 letter to the American Chemistry Council (ACC) , one of several petitioning groups, that it was granting reconsideration in light of an alternative EtO...