Effluent Guidelines
Meat and Poultry Products (MPP)
Final Rule
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- 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.)
- Technical Development Document
Proposed Rule
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- 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., 3.9 MB)
- Acknowledgements and Table of Contents (PDF) (16 pp., 93 K)
- Sections 1 & 2: Purpose and Summary of the Regulation and Legal Authority and Background (PDF) (22 pp., 130 K)
- Section 3: Data Collection Activities (PDF) (16 pp., 109 K)
- Section 4: Meat and Poultry Products Industry Overview (PDF) (71 pp., 992 K)
- Sections 5 & 6: Subcategorization and Wastewater Characterization (PDF) (29 pp., 155 K)
- Section 7: Selection of Pollutants and Pollutant Parameters for Regulation (PDF) (25 pp., 130 K)
- Section 8: Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Polution Prevention (PDF) (61 pp., 431 K)
- Section 9: Loadings (PDF) (41 pp., 185 K)
- Section 10: Non-Water Quality Environmental Impacts (PDF) (9 pp., 97 K)
- Section 11: Incremental Capital and Operations Maintenance Costs for the Proposed (PDF) (53 pp., 306 K)
- Section 12: Selected Technology Options (PDF) (33 pp., 150 K)
- Section 13: Limitations and Standards: Data Selection and Calculations (PDF) (29 pp., 155 K)
- Sections 14 & 15: Regulatory Implementation and Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations (PDF) (24 pp., 148 K)
- Appendix A: Analytical Methods and Baseline Values (PDF) (23 pp., 132 K)
- Appendix B: Survey Design and Calculation of National Estimates (PDF) (17 pp., 127 K)
- Appendix C: Tables to Section 9 (PDF) (70 pp., 463 K)
- Appendices D & E: Input Values to Estimate Energy Usage and Sludge Generation and Attachments for Cost Estimation (PDF) (31 pp., 218 K)
- Appendix F: Aggregated Daily Data for Proposed Pollutants and Subcategories (PDF) (31 pp., 108 K)
- Appendix G: Modified Delta-Lognormal Distribution (PDF) (16 pp., 148 K)
- Appendix H: Attachments to Section 13 (PDF) (30 pp., 119 K)
- Appendix I: 40 CFR Part 432 (PDF) (26 pp., 137 K)
- Appendix J: Examples of Calculating MPP Limitations and Standards (PDF) (13 pp., 98 K)
- Environmental Assessment
- Economic Analysis