Posted on 03/11/2024 1:24:07 PM PDT by george76
a larger campaign to drive Americans out of rural areas and centralize access to food, the Biden administration is rolling out a draconian and needless new wastewater rule that could put small and mid-size food processing facilities out of business.
A large group of United States senators and representatives are demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw a new meat and poultry wastewater proposal, which they claim “stands to hamper rural economies and drive small- and mid-sized processing facilities out of business.”
“Given the technical complexity and high costs of wastewater treatment alterations, coupled with the massive expansion of the number of regulated facilities, a 60-day comment period demonstrates EPA is not interested in seeking meaningful input from the regulated industry. As such, we urge EPA to withdraw the rule,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to EPA officials.
“The proposed rule exposes hundreds of operators to a new regulatory regime with significant costs and a disregard of the ramifications on stakeholders … We are concerned the number of potential closures is likely much higher than estimated, and we believe it is irresponsible for EPA to propose regulations that will arbitrarily close plants and eliminate jobs from the rural economy,” they write.
“The EPA on January 24, 2024 published its proposed changes to the Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELGs) for Meat and Poultry Products (MPPs). The guidelines apply to wastewater discharged by meat and poultry processors and renderers, as defined in a Clean Water Act program,” the senators reveal in a statement.
“The revisions EPA has put forward consist of three options, impacting between 844 and 1,618 facilities. Currently, MPP ELG guidelines affect just 180 facilities. Per EPA, this proposed regulation could close 16 MPP facilities under Option 1, 22 under Option 2 and 53 under Option 3. MPP processors support rural jobs and are key links in the national food supply chain.,” they add.
“The 60-day comment period on the rule closes March 25th. EPA has announced it does not plan to issue an extension. Such a tight window does not give stakeholders adequate time to submit meaningful feedback,” the senators note.
In addition to Senators Fischer and Ernst, the letter was signed by U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), James Risch (R-Idaho), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).
In the House, the letter was led by U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (R-Kan.). In addition to Representative Mann, the letter was signed by U.S. Representatives Glenn “GT” Thompson (R- Pa.), Steve Womack (R-Ark.), Austin Scott (R-Ga.), Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Ron Estes (R-Kan.), James Baird (R-Ind.), Pete Stauber (R-Minn.), Dan Meuser (R-Pa.), Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.), Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Brad Finstad (R-Minn.), Mike Flood (R-Neb.), and Mark Alford (R-Mo.).
The lawmakers are backed in their effort by the American Association of Meat Processors, the North American Renderers Association and the North American Meat Institute.
Are the BREWERIES and DISTILLERIES at risk?
And this: Can we use WIC and EBT to buy Beer and Liquor?
Progressivism is a strange phenomenon. What is weird and stupid suddenly becomes essential under .... Oh! Forgot to mention Weed.
Anyway, where were we?
The “comment period” was used several times by the communists to identify targets that were later rounded up during the “gulag period”...
So the people whom the constitution solely empowers to make law are begging an agency of unelected bureaucrats to not make a “rule” that will decimate an industry comprised of their voters? I have that about right?
If you can’t burn them all down, regulate them to death.
The Biden administration is obsessed with things that can’t exist utopia is on of them their list is a long one.
Take them back to the Supreme Court.
Rinse and repeat as necessary.
As I’ve said, the SC needs a word processor template with which to quickly publish their rulings to deal with these sort of law-by-regulation attempts.
The rationale against these draconian regulations would be the same or similar on all of them. Just fill in the blanks on the particulars and get each ruling out the door quickly.
Resistance is nonexistent. Citizens have turned into neutered sheep.
I’m sure when Congress IDIOTICALLY decided to hand this power to the Executive Branch they were hoping that our ability to process food would end.
Yeah, right.
Small, local American meat-processing plants are being squeezed out of business
The food industry is turning into America’s pharmaceutical industry, in terms of regulation, red-tape and cronyism.
When you are trying to destroy the Country for your Chinese & Big Business masters you have a lot of work to accomplish before 1/25.
This is all part of the globalists’(WEF) agenda. There was a story this morning about 140,000 US farms being closed between 2017-2022.
We we once we were considered the bead basket for he world. This one world government (globalists, WEF) goal for the US is to be on the bread-line for handouts.
If they shut down these plants it will put thousands of legal and illegal migrants out of work.
Probably also part of a massive land grab for “green” energy projects.
“Tyson, Smithfield (China owned), Armour probably not affected.................”
It was announced today that the Tyson plant in Perry Iowa, (the town where the recent school shooting was.), will be closed down. There are about 1200 employees affected.
The flaw with the Constitution is that the President is too powerful.
Looks like the anti-federalists were right.
Proposed reforms. Dual presidency. Limited term (one year? Two years?)
They’re trying to force us onto bugs and/or starve us out.
Chinese owned Smithfield Foods here in Virginia thanks The Regime for their dedication and assistance.
"New Biden Rule [??? emphasis added] Shuts Down Food Processing Plants Across Rural America"
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
First, the bottom line ...
Consider that political party and media fuss about "obsolete" electoral college is because it is the only thing stopping the corrupt political parties from establishing a permanent puppet presidency that will unquestioningly sign unconstitutional taxing and spending bills into law.
Regarding Biden, corrupt Congress is actually the problem with just about everything in DC imo, including Biden and the EPA. Consider that Congress is actually protecting Biden, evidenced by Congress's refusal to impeach and remove him from office despite probably a number of impeachable offenses imo.
Majority in new poll say Biden, most members of Congress don’t deserve new term: Gallup (2.2.24)
Voters Doubt Biden’s Leadership and Favor Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds (3.2.24)
70% of New York voters say Biden not fit to serve another term: poll (2.20.24)
Regarding the constitutionally undefined EPA, and other likewise constitutionally undefined so-called federal regulatory agencies, I've listed the EPA in the politically correct version of the first numbered clause of the Constitution.
"Article I, Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives [and non-popularly-elected bureaucrats running Federal Reserve, IRS, EPA, BLM, NIH, CDC, FWS, DHS, DOL, USDA, FCC, FTA, FTC, DOE, ATF, etc.]"
What's going on with so-called federal regulatory agencies is this imo. Post-17th Amendment ratification lawmakers are protecting their voting records by establishing constitutionally undefined federal regulate agencies run by non-popularly elected bureaucrats, letting bureaucrats get away with stealing state powers, using those powers to do Congress's unpopular, unconstitutional, dirty work for it.
Regarding the EPA, note that the states have never given the feds the specific power to police the environment for example.
"From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added]." —United States v. Butler, 1936.
That being said, patriots need to IMMEDIATELY primary worthless, Trump-hating incumbent lawmakers up for reelection this year. Incumbents need to be replaced with Trump-supporting patriot lawmakers in November so that hopeful Trump 47 will not be a lame duck president from the first day of his second term in office, but will be supported by the new Congress to finish draining the swamp.
Again, consider that corrupt political party and media fuss about "obsolete" electoral college is because the electoral college is the only thing stopping the corrupt political parties that have pirated control of state and federal governments from establishing a permanent puppet presidency that will unquestioningly sign unconstitutional taxing and spending bills into law.
So congress illegally gives up its power to create law, and now congress has to beg to have any control. How wonderful.
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