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EPA/WATER RIN: 2040-AD56 Publication ID: Spring 2000 
Title: ●Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Meat Products Point Source Category 
Abstract: The Agency is revising effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point Source Category. The current regulations, at 40 CFR 432, are more than 20 years old and are limited to a few conventional pollutants. Recent concerns about nutrient discharges from these facilities might be resolved by additional effluent limitations. In particular, the current regulations do not address ammonia nitrogen for red meat slaughterhouses/packinghouses (Subparts A-D). Nutrients are a significant remaining water quality problem for impaired streams. Revisions to the current regulations will also include effluent limitations for poultry processing, which is not currently covered by any effluent guideline. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 432 (Revision)   
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311    33 USC 1314    33 USC 1316    33 USC 1317    33 USC 1318    33 USC 1361   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Judicial    12/31/2001 
Final  Judicial    12/31/2003 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/00/2001    
Final Action  12/00/2003    
Additional Information: SAN No. 4407
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Sectors Affected: 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering; 311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses; 311613 Rendering and Meat By-product Processing; 311615 Poultry Processing 
Agency Contact:
Samantha Lewis
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4303T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1058
Fax:202 566-1053
Email: lewis.samantha@epa.gov