OMB Begins Review Of EPA Rule Curbing EtO From Commercial Sterilizers

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has begun pre-publication review of EPA’s controversial final air rule tightening limits on ethylene oxide (EtO) from commercial sterilizers, as the agency races to meet a March deadline amid pressure from industry to scrap the regulation and from environmentalists to tighten it further. EPA sent the rule for review Dec. 15, according to OMB’s website. The process typically takes up to 90 days, but can be faster or slower, depending on...