Meat Sector Seeks To Intervene In Suit Over Slaughterhouse ELG Withdrawal

October 21, 2025
Meat industry groups are seeking to intervene in environmentalists’ suit challenging the Trump EPA’s withdrawal of a Biden-era proposal establishing tough effluent limits to curb nutrient and other releases from meat and poultry product (MPP) facilities, asserting that their direct interests in the litigation are not fully represented by the agency. A coalition of industry groups, labeled the MPP Coalition, filed an Oct. 14 motion to intervene in Cape Fear River Watch, et al., v. EPA, et al. , in...


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