10/04/2023
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced plans to update its wastewater discharge rules for meat and poultry processing facilities. Under the proposed regulations, small processors would have to spend potentially millions of dollars to make their facilities compliant, plus hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to remain compliant. If this happens, many of our small meat processors across the country will be forced to close.
These proposed regulations will impact well beyond just the meat processors who have to comply with the regulations. Suppliers, other businesses, customers (retail consumers and businesses), farmers/ranchers and beyond will be directly impacted so we are asking everyone to speak up at this time.
Once the regulations are made public in December (the current timeline from the EPA), there will be a public comment time and we will ask that you speak up then as well. Until then, the American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) has created a great, simple way you can reach out to politicians.
We urge you to contact their Congressional representatives and let them know about this proposed regulation. You can use this link to easily contact your legislators https://bit.ly/3ZG3ifa
We are paying close attention to these proposed regulations and have been working diligently on multiple fonts to help combat and minimize these impacts. Stay tuned to news from KAMP for updates.
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