Ethylene Oxide Information

News

• Sterilization Services of Georgia Air Quality Final Narrative - May 25, 2023
• Sterilization Services of Georgia Air Quality Final Permit - May 25, 2023
• BD Covington Air Quality Final Narrative - May 10, 2023
• BD Covington Air Quality Final Permit  - May 10, 2023
• BD Madison Air Quality Final Narrative - May 10, 2023
• BD Madison Air Quality Final Permit - May 10, 2023
• Sterilization Services of Georgia Air Quality Draft Permit - April 19, 2023
• Sterilization Services of Georgia Air Quality Draft Permit Narrative - April 19, 2023
• BD Covington Air Quality Draft Permit Narrative - February 24, 2023
• BD Covington Air Quality Draft Permit - February 24, 2023
• BD Madison Air Quality Draft Permit - February 24, 2023
• BD Madison Air Quality Draft Permit Narrative - February 24, 2023
• Georgia EPD Comments on 2017 AirToxScreen - March 2, 2022
• 2017 AirToxScreen (from US EPA)
• Sterigenics Air Quality Permit - January 7, 2022
• Sterigenics Air Quality Permit Narrative - January 7, 2022
• Georgia EPD Statement Regarding Second Amendment to the BD Judicial Consent Order - March 25, 2020
• Statement from Georgia EPD Regarding BD Notice of Violation - December 20, 2019
• Georgia EPD Continues Oversight of Becton, Dickinson and Company; Issues Notice of Air Quality Rules Violation for Global Distribution Center - December 18, 2019
• Georgia EPD Statement on Sterigenics July 31, 2019 Leak - August 28, 2019
• Georgia EPD to Monitor Air Quality in Covington and Smyrna for Ethylene Oxide - August 16, 2019
• State officials approve plan to reduce ethylene oxide emissions at Smyrna plant - August 2, 2019
• Statement from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division Regarding Ethylene Oxide - July 25, 2019

Lab Results

• Ethylene Oxide Monitoring Report through October 2021 with Appendices  

• Ethylene Oxide Monitoring Report - May 12, 2022

• Georgia EPD Ethylene Oxide Data Study: Quality-Assured Data through 05/28/21

• EPD Monitoring Plan Using EPD Lab for Analysis - Approved by US EPA (November 2021)

• Georgia EPD Ethylene Oxide Data Study: Quality-Assured Data through 04/28/21

• EPD Ethylene Oxide Monitoring Plan (Revised June 2021)

• EPA Memo on EtO Canister Effect

• EPA Technical Note on EtO Canister Effect

• EPA Letter Concerning Laboratory Comparisons

• EPD Monitoring Plan to Evaluate Ethylene Oxides Measurement Technologies - Approved by US EPA (April 2021)

• EPA Memo to Clarify Effective Dates of EPD Ethylene Oxide Monitoring Plans

• EPA Memo on Passive Samplers

• EPD Response Memo on Passive Samplers

• Ethylene Oxide Ambient Monitoring Fact Sheet

• EPD Ethylene Oxide Study Results

• Georgia EPD Application for EPA Community Scale Air Toxic Monitoring Grant
• EPD Ethylene Oxide Monitoring Plan revised -Approved by US EPA (April 2020)
• Covington Air Quality Monitoring Test Results
• Cobb County Air Quality Monitoring Test Results
• Fulton County Air Quality Monitoring Test Results
• South Dekalb Air Quality Monitoring Test Results - Background Site
• General Coffee State Park Air Quality Monitoring Test Results - Background Site

Learn More

• 2017 AirToxScreen (from US EPA)
• Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide (from US EPA)
• 2014 National Air Toxics Assessment (from US EPA)
• 2014 National Air Toxics Assessment Data
• Information on Ethylene Oxide Sterilization for Medical Devices (from US Food & Drug Administration)
• Ethylene Oxide Emissions Guidance

Databases

• Complaint Tracking System

  Georgia EPD maintains a searchable database called the Complaint Tracking System (CTS) Public Inquiry Portal.  It includes information for all complaints received by EPD from third parties after January 1, 1998, for which EPD’s investigation of the complaint has concluded.  It can also be accessed from the EPD website home page.

• Enforcement

  Georgia EPD maintains a searchable database, which contains summaries of enforcement actions including consent orders and administrative orders.  EPD uses enforcement actions to correct serious environmental problems and to bring businesses, individuals and government entities into compliance with environmental laws.  The Enforcement tab is also located on the EPD website home page.

Facilities Using Ethylene Oxide

(Click on company name for information.)

• Sterigenics U.S. LLC

          2971 Olympic Industrial Drive, Suite 116, Atlanta 30339

• Sterilization Services of Georgia

           6005 Boat Rock Blvd SW, Atlanta 30336

• BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) Madison

           1211 Mary Magnan Blvd, Madison 30650

• BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) Covington

           8195 Industrial Blvd, Covington 30014

• KPR U.S., LLC d/b/a Kendall Patient Recovery U.S., LLC

           1430 Marvin Griffin Rd, Augusta 30906

• Stepan

           951 Bankhead Hwy, Winder 30680

• Innovative Chemical Technologies, Inc.

           103 Walnut Grove Road, Cartersville 30120

• Chemence Medical, Inc.

            200 Technology Drive, Alpharetta 30005

Other Sources of Ethylene Oxide

• Augusta University
• ConMed
• KPR U.S., LLC Warehouse
• Medline Warehouse