United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2004_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c8137cb3 D09002ee1c8137da9 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency Today's final rule revises Clean Water Act effluent limitations guidelines and new source performance standards for meat producing facilities. These revisions apply to existing as well as new slaughtering facilities ( "first processors"), to facilities that further process meat to produce products like sausages ("further processors") and to independent rendering facilities that convert inedible by-products to items like pet food ("renderers"). The rule establishes, for the first time, effluent limitations guidelines and new source performance standards for existing and new poultry first and further processors. Today's guidelines and standards establish limitations on wastewater discharges of specified pollutants for meat and poultry products facilities that discharge directly to U.S. waters. There are no current regulations for facilities that discharge indirectly, and EPA has not adopted regulations for those facilities. Today's rule applies to wastewater discharges from existing meat and poultry facilities above specified production thresholds. Today's new source standards apply to new meat facilities above the production thresholds and to all new poultry facilities irrespective of their production level. EPA is not revising the current effluent limitations guidelines or new source performance standards for meat first or further processors below the production threshold. This final rule will benefit the Nation's receiving waters by reducing discharges of conventional pollutants, ammonia, and nitrogen. EPA estimates that compliance with this regulation will reduce discharges of nitrogen up to 27 million pounds per year, ammonia by 3 million pounds per year, and conventional pollutants by 4 million pounds per year. 69 FR 54476 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-09-08/04-12017 04-12017 fr08se04-16 RIN 2040-AD56 6560-50-P FRL-7631-2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-09-08/04-12017 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-09-08/html/04-12017.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-09-08/pdf/04-12017.pdf Environmental Protection Incorporation by Reference Meat and Meat Products Poultry and Poultry Products Waste Treatment and Disposal Water Pollution Control 80 p. 54476 54555 69 FR 54476 Title 40 Part 432 40 CFR Part 432 RIN 2040-AD56 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category; Federal Register Vol. 69, Issue RULE 04-12017 III ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2004-10-08 FRL-7631-2 6560-50-P 04-12017 Final rule.

Today's final rule revises Clean Water Act effluent limitations guidelines and new source performance standards for meat producing facilities. These revisions apply to existing as well as new slaughtering facilities ( "first processors"), to facilities that further process meat to produce products like sausages ("further processors") and to independent rendering facilities that convert inedible by-products to items like pet food ("renderers"). The rule establishes, for the first time, effluent limitations guidelines and new source performance standards for existing and new poultry first and further processors. Today's guidelines and standards establish limitations on wastewater discharges of specified pollutants for meat and poultry products facilities that discharge directly to U.S. waters. There are no current regulations for facilities that discharge indirectly, and EPA has not adopted regulations for those facilities. Today's rule applies to wastewater discharges from existing meat and poultry facilities above specified production thresholds. Today's new source standards apply to new meat facilities above the production thresholds and to all new poultry facilities irrespective of their production level. EPA is not revising the current effluent limitations guidelines or new source performance standards for meat first or further processors below the production threshold. This final rule will benefit the Nation's receiving waters by reducing discharges of conventional pollutants, ammonia, and nitrogen. EPA estimates that compliance with this regulation will reduce discharges of nitrogen up to 27 million pounds per year, ammonia by 3 million pounds per year, and conventional pollutants by 4 million pounds per year.

This regulation shall become effective October 8, 2004. The Director of the Federal Register approves the incorporation by reference on October 8, 2004, of certain publications listed in this rule in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. For judicial review purposes, this final rule is promulgated as of 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on September 22, 2004, as provided in 40 CFR 23.2. For additional technical information contact Samantha Lewis at (202) 566-1058. For additional economic information contact James Covington at (202) 566-1034. Environmental Protection Incorporation by Reference Meat and Meat Products Poultry and Poultry Products Waste Treatment and Disposal Water Pollution Control Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories: Pennsylvania [Editorial Note: This document appearing at 69 FR 52831 in the Federal Register of August 30, 2004, was incorrectly indexed in that issue's Table of Contents.] Meat and poultry products processing facilities, http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/ www.epa.gov/edocket www.epa.gov/guide/mpp www.epa.gov/guide/mpp/ www.epa.gov/ncepihom Vol. 69, no. 173 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2004-09-08 continuing daily deposited born digital 374 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-09-08 P0b002ee18097101b 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr08se04 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-09-08 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-09-08/pdf/FR-2004-09-08.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-09-08/xml/FR-2004-09-08.xml fdlp 54193 54555 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-06 FR-2004-09-08 machine generated eng FR FR-2004-09-08 69 173