2040-AG22 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2040 Office of Water OW 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category

As announced in the Effluent Limitations Guidelines Program Plan 15, the EPA has initiated a rulemaking to revise the existing Meat and Poultry Products Effluent Guidelines and Standards (40 CFR part 432) to address nutrient discharges. These effluent guidelines were last revised in 2004 and currently apply to only a subset of facilities nationwide. The current Meat and Poultry effluent guidelines also do not limit nutrient discharges from all regulated facilities. The EPA issued a proposed rule to revise the MPP ELGs in January 2024. The EPA is under a consent decree to sign the final action by August 31, 2025.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Undetermined Private Sector Other 40 CFR 432 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314, 1316, 1317, 1361 Judicial NPRM 12/13/2023 Consent Decree: EPA is under a consent decree to sign the rule by December 13, 2023. Judicial Final 08/31/2025 Consent Decree: EPA is under a consent decree to take the final action by August 31, 2025. EPA is under a consent decree to take the final action by August 31, 2025. Yes NPRM 01/23/2024 89 FR 4474 Final Rule 08/00/2025 EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0736. Undetermined Businesses Governmental Jurisdictions Federal Tribal No No https://www.epa.gov/eg/meat-and-poultry-products-effluent-guidelines#current-rulemaking 11521 Support Activities for Animal Production 311111 Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing 311119 Other Animal Food Manufacturing 31161 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering 311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses 311613 Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing 311615 Poultry Processing 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing 424470 Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers No No Stephen Whitlock 2040 Office of Water OW 202 566-1541 whitlock.steve@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20460 Kevin Tingley 2040 Office of Water OW 202 564-4619 tingley.kevin@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20460