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RIN: 2040-AD56

Publication ID: Fall 2002

Title: Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category (Revisions)
Abstract: The Agency has proposed revisions to the effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the meat and poultry 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 these 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 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: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
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 33 USC 1342

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Judicial		01/30/2002
Final	Judicial		12/31/2003

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/25/2002	67 FR 8582
Final Action	12/00/2003

Additional Information: SAN No. 4407
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
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 Marvin Rubin Environmental Protection Agency Water 4303T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-1050 Fax:202 566-1053 Email: Rubin.Marvin@epamail.epa.gov