Environmental Groups File Against the EPA

Environmental Groups File Against the EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is facing legal action after it axed proposed improvements aimed at cleaning up slaughterhouse wastewater. Earlier this month the EPA abandoned Biden-era proposals for a new rule meant to reduce slaughterhouse waste pollution from blood, bone, muscle, manure and other sources. On September 15, the environmental groups filed a Petition for Review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit., askin…

EPA Withdraws Proposed Rule for More Stringent Water Pollution Guidelines at Slaughterhouses

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a January 2024 proposed rule that would have reduced the discharge of nutrients and pollutants from meat packing plants and slaughterhouses. According to Successful Farming, the agency said it chose to withdraw the rules in an effort to prioritize the nation’s food supply and to keep food prices down. The proposed rules would have revised effluent limitations guidelines and standards, or ELG…