Effluent Guidelines: Meat and Poultry Products (MPP)

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Final Rule

• Fact Sheet (February 26, 2004)
• Federal Register Notice / Published Final Rule (September 8, 2004)
• Support Documents
  • Technical Development Document
    • Table of Contents & Section 1: Scope and Summary of the Regulation (PDF) (147 K, 17 pp)
    • Section 2: Legal Authority and Background (PDF) (136 K, 17 pp)
    • Section 3: Data Collection Activities (PDF) (146 K, 19 pp)
    • Section 4: Meat and Poultry Products Overview (PDF) (526 K, 70 pp)
    • Section 5: Subcategorization (PDF) (113 K, 9 pp)
    • Section 6: Wastewater Characterization (PDF) (157 K, 22 pp)
    • Section 7: Selection of Pollutants and Pollutant Parameters for Regulation (PDF) (166 K, 27 pp)
    • Section 8: Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Pollution Prevention Practices (PDF) (356 K, 61 pp)
    • Section 9: Technology Options (PDF) (196 K, 11 pp)
    • Section 10: Incremental Capital and Operation and Maintenance Costs for the Final Regulation (PDF) (228 K, 23 pp)
    • Section 11: Pollutant Loadings (PDF) (250 K, 35 pp)
    • Section 12: Non-water Quality Environmental Impacts (PDF) (114 K, 9 pp)
    • Section 13: Selected Technology Options (PDF) (212 K, 47 pp)
    • Section 14: Limitations and Standards: Data Selection and Calculation (PDF) (208 K, 33 pp)
    • Section 15: Regulatory Implementation (PDF) (144 K, 18 pp)
    • Section 16: Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations (PDF) (123 K, 13 pp)
    • Appendices A & B: Analytical Methods and Baseline Values & Survey Design and Calculation of National Estimates (PDF) (261 K, 47 pp)
    • Appendix C: 40 CFR Part 432—Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category
    • Appendix D, Part 1: Aggregated Daily Data for Proposed Pollutants and Subcategories (PDF) (599 K, 374 pp)
    • Appendix D, Part 2: Aggregated Daily Data for Proposed Pollutants and Subcategories (PDF) (498 K, 300 pp)
    • Appendix E & F: Attachments to Section 13 & 14 (PDF) (225 K, 61 pp)
  • Economic and Environmental Benefits Analysis
    • Chapters 1 through 5 (PDF) (1.5 MB, 128 pp)
    • Chapters 6 through App B (PDF) (2.4 MB, 128 pp)

Proposed Rule

Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.

• Notice of Data Availability
  • Extension of comment period (September 29, 2003)
  • Federal Register Notice
• Extension of comment period on proposed rule and clarification on public meetings. Federal Register Notice (April 24, 2002)
• Federal Register Notice (February 25, 2002)
• Fact Sheet
• Support Documents
  • Economic Analysis
    • Chapters 1-8 (PDF) (430 pp, 1.4 MB)
    • Appendicies (PDF) (269 pp, 853 K)
  • Complete Proposed Technical Development Document (PDF) (666 pp, 2.8 MB)
    • Sections 1 & 2: Purpose and Summary of the Regulation and Legal Authority and Background
    • Section 3: Data Collection Activities
    • Section 4: Meat and Poultry Products Industry Overview
    • Sections 5 & 6: Subcategorization and Wastewater Characterization
    • Section 7: Selection of Pollutants and Pollutant Parameters for Regulation
    • Section 8: Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Polution Prevention
    • Section 9: Loadings
    • Section 10: Non-Water Quality Environmental Impacts
    • Section 11: Incremental Capital and Operations Maintenance Costs for the Proposed
    • Section 12: Selected Technology Options
    • Section 13: Limitations and Standards: Data Selection and Calculations
    • Sections 14 & 15: Regulatory Implementation and Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
    • Appendix A: Analytical Methods and Baseline Values
    • Appendix B: Survey Design and Calculation of National Estimates
    • Appendix C: Tables to Section 9
    • Appendices D & E: Input Values to Estimate Energy Usage and Sludge Generation and Attachments for Cost Estimation
    • Appendix F: Aggregated Daily Data for Proposed Pollutants and Subcategories
    • Appendix G: Modified Delta-Lognormal Distribution
    • Appendix H: Attachments to Section 13
    • Appendix I: 40 CFR Part 432
    • Appendix J: Examples of Calculating MPP Limitations and Standards
  • Environmental Assessment