The National Chicken Council said in comments submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency that the EPA's proposed wastewater guidelines will result in establishment closures, job losses, increased costs and general anxiety about the future of effluent guidelines.
The comments were submitted in response to EPA’s proposed rule, “Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELG) and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category,” which would revise the ELGs for wastewater discharged by meat and poultry processing and rendering facilities.