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Healthcare and Social Assistance Sector (NAICS 62)

The Health Care and Social Assistance sector comprises establishments providing health care and social assistance for individuals. The industries in this sector include physician's offices, hospitals, medical laboratories, nursing homes, and youth and family service centers.

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Air

  • Essential Uses of CFCs for Metered-Dose Inhalers: EPA's yearly notice requesting applications from companies who seek allowances to produce or import CFCs for use as propellant in metered-dose inhalers.
  • Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
  • National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP): air toxics regulations:
    • Commercial Sterilizers
    • Hospital / Medical / Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI)
    • Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters: Area & Major Sources
    • Pharmaceutical Production Industry
    • Stationary Internal Combustion Engines

Pesticides

  • Selected EPA-registered Disinfectants: EPA-registered products effective against human blood borne pathogens.

Waste

  • Medical Waste

Water

  • Dental Amalgam Effluent Guidelines: mercury in wastewater.
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Effluent Guidelines

Compliance

  • Combustion Portal: compliance assistance center.
  • Dental Compliance Assistance Center
  • Hospital Compliance Assistance Center
  • Veterinary Compliance Assistance Center

Additional federal and state regulations not listed here may apply. Find your state environmental agency.

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Last updated on September 12, 2022
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