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Ex. MET-ATL-031 Order Primary source read

Order Pursuant to Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County Permitting Temporary Resumption of Operations by Sterigenics for the Sterilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Necessary to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

Order permitting Sterigenics (2971 Olympic Industrial Drive) to resume operations solely to sterilize PPE

Michael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners · Cobb County, Georgia (County)

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Jurisdiction
Cobb County, Georgia · Atlanta · Georgia
Level
County
Authority
Cobb County Code §§ 34-2, 34-7; Declaration of Emergency of Mar. 24, 2020
Issued
2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
Effective
2020-03-25 (filed 5:39 p.m.) (read as 2020-03-25)
End
Limited to the emergency term; activity limited to PPE sterilization (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 25, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationSupply chain
Addressees
  • Sterigenics U.S., LLC (Cobb County facility)
Functions reached
  • SC supply chain (PPE sterilization; 200 truckloads of PPE awaiting sterilization recited)
  • IC infection control supplies for hospitals
Collection
Atlanta MET-ATL

Operative words

IT IS HEREBY DECLARED that Sterigenics' facility, located in Cobb County at 2971 Olympic Industrial Drive, is temporarily permitted to resume operations for the sole purpose of sterilizing PPE necessary to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.... 2. Activity at the Facility is limited to the sterilization of PPE that is necessary to stem and combat the spread of the current global COVID-19 pandemic, as specifically requested by the FDA.

Enforcement

County emergency order

Notes

Supply-chain instrument: FDA's March 19, 2020 letter to the Governor and State officials' request that Cobb County permit the shuttered ethylene-oxide sterilizer to reopen for PPE. Shows local emergency power directed at the medical supply chain.

Retrieval note

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