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Environmental justice, meat capacity goals clash in slaughterhouse discharge proposal

01/31/24 6:18 AM By Steve Davies
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A new proposal to reduce wastewater discharges from meat and poultry slaughterhouses and processing plants has the Environmental Protection Agency facing criticism from both environmentalists and the meat industry.
KEYWORDS American Association of Meat Processors Clean Water Act Earthjustice EPA meat and poultry processing effluent guidelines National Chicken Council nitrogen discharges phosphorus wastewater Tom Super
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