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Memo2025-01-16Biden

Orderly Implementation of the Air Toxics Standards for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilizers

This memorandum establishes a formal process for commercial sterilizers to request Presidential exemptions from EPA's April 2024 ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions standards when compliance technology is unavailable and facility shutdown would disrupt medical device/pharmaceutical supplies. It directs EPA and HHS to coordinate on reviewing exemption requests with strict timelines, and requires HHS to report within 2 years on progress toward reducing EtO exposure and developing alternative sterilization methods.

Memo2025-01-03Biden

Designation of Officials of the Council on Environmental Quality To Act as Chairman

This memorandum establishes a new order of succession for the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, listing specific officials who would act as Chairman in case of vacancy or incapacity. It revokes a 2019 Trump-era memorandum that had previously set the succession order.

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