Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0052-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-03-21T05:00Z

U.
S.
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
2000
MEAT
PRODUCTS
INDUSTRY
SCREENER
SURVEY
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
INTRODUCTION
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Completion
of
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Survey
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Provisions
Regarding
Data
Confidentiality
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ii
Where
to
Return
the
Survey
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Certification
Statement
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General
Instructions
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DEFINITIONS
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vi
i
EPA
MEAT
PRODUCTS
SCREENER
SURVEY
HELP
LINE
Tetra
Tech.
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(
800)
???­????
Internet
Electronic
Mailing
Address
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???.
com
INTRODUCTION
The
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
is
conducting
a
survey
of
the
Meat
Products
Industry
as
part
of
its
effort
to
review
and
revise,
as
appropriate,
effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
standards
for
this
industry.
This
Screener
Survey
requests
data
on
sites
engaged
in
meat
product
operations.
The
data
collected
with
this
Screener
Survey
will
be
used
to
better
define
basic
characteristics
of
facilities
in
this
industry.
Knowing
the
basic
characteristics
of
the
industry
will
allow
EPA
to
adequately
estimate
the
possible
economic
impacts
of
wastewater
regulations.

COMPLETION
OF
THE
SCREENER
SURVEY
The
Screener
Survey
should
be
completed
by
the
person(
s)
most
knowledgeable
about
the
information
requested.
All
sites
must
have
the
corporate
official
or
designee
responsible
for
directing
or
supervising
of
the
survey
response
sign
the
Certification
Statement
(
located
on
page
iv)
to
verify
and
validate
the
information
provided,
or
to
certify
that
this
site
does
not
engage
in
meat
product
processes.

You
are
not
required
to
perform
nonroutine
tests
or
measurements
solely
for
the
purpose
of
responding
to
this
Screener
Survey.
In
the
event
that
exact
data
are
not
available,
provide
best
engineering
estimates
and
note
the
methods
that
were
used
to
make
the
estimates
on
the
Comments
page
located
at
the
end
of
the
survey.
General
instructions
are
provided
on
page
v,
and
additional
instructions
are
provided
as
needed
with
each
question.
A
complete
set
of
definitions
can
be
found
in
the
Definitions
Section,
starting
on
page
vi.
ii
AUTHORITY
This
Screener
Survey
is
conducted
under
authority
of
Section
308
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
(
Federal
Water
Pollution
Control
Act,
33
U.
S.
C.
Section
1318).
All
sites
that
receive
this
Screener
Survey
must
respond
to
it.
Return
all
portions
of
the
survey
to
the
EPA
within
20
days
of
receiving
it.
Late
filing
or
failure
to
comply
with
these
instructions
may
result
in
criminal
fines,
civil
penalties,
and
other
sanctions,
as
provided
by
law.

If
you
wish
to
request
an
extension
for
your
site
or
discuss
a
delivery
schedule
for
a
company
with
multiple
sites,
you
must
do
so
in
writing
within
10
days
of
receipt
of
this
Screener
Survey.
Send
written
requests
to:

Ms.
Samantha
Lewis
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
4303)
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue
NW
Washington,
DC
20460
Extension
requests
will
be
evaluated
on
a
case­
by­
case
basis.
Submittal
of
an
extension
request
to
EPA
does
not
alter
the
due
date
of
your
survey.

PROVISIONS
REGARDING
DATA
CONFIDENTIALITY
Regulations
governing
the
confidentiality
of
business
information
are
contained
in
the
Code
of
Federal
Regulations
(
CFR)
at
Title
40
Part
2,
Subpart
B.
You
may
assert
a
business
confidentiality
claim
covering
part
or
all
of
the
information
you
submit,
other
than
effluent
data,
as
described
in
40
CFR
2.203(
b):

?(
b)
Method
and
time
of
asserting
business
confidentiality
claim.
A
business
which
is
submitting
information
to
EPA
may
assert
a
business
confidentiality
claim
covering
the
information
by
placing
on
(
or
attaching
to)
the
information,
at
the
time
it
is
submitted
to
EPA,
a
cover
sheet,
stamped
or
typed
legend,
or
other
suitable
form
of
notice
complying
language
such
as
<

trade
secret,'
<

proprietary,'
or
<

company
confidential.'
Allegedly
confidential
portions
of
otherwise
nonconfidential
documents
should
be
clearly
identified
by
the
business,
and
may
be
submitted
separately
to
facilitate
identification
and
handling
by
EPA.
If
the
business
desires
confidential
treatment
only
until
a
certain
date
or
until
the
occurrence
of
a
certain
event,
the
notice
should
so
state."

If
no
business
confidentiality
claim
accompanies
the
information
when
it
is
received
by
EPA,
EPA
may
make
the
information
available
to
the
public
without
further
notice.

You
may
claim
as
confidential
all
information
included
in
the
response
to
a
question
by
checking
the
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
box
next
to
each
question
number
for
which
responses
contain
CBI.
Any
individual
response
where
?

CBI"
is
NOT
checked
will
be
considered
nonconfidential.
Note
that
you
may
be
required
to
justify
any
claim
of
confidentiality
at
a
later
time.
Note
also
that
plant
effluent
data
are
not
eligible
for
confidential
treatment,
pursuant
to
Section
308(
b)
of
the
Clean
Water
Act,
and
thus
will
be
treated
as
nonconfidential
even
if
the
?

CBI"
box
is
checked.

Information
covered
by
a
claim
of
confidentiality
will
be
disclosed
by
EPA
only
to
the
extent
of,
and
by
means
of,
the
procedures
set
forth
in
40
CFR
Part
2,
Subpart
B.
In
general,
submitted
information
protected
by
a
business
confidentiality
claim
may
be
disclosed
to
other
employees,
officers,
or
authorized
representatives
of
the
United
States
concerned
with
implementing
the
Clean
Water
Act.

Information
covered
by
a
claim
of
confidentiality
will
be
made
available
to
EPA
contractors
under
EPA
Contract
Numbers
68­
C6­????,
68­
C6­????,
and
68­
C4­????
to
enable
the
contractors
to
perform
the
work
required
by
their
contracts
with
EPA.
All
EPA
contracts
provide
that
contractor
employees
use
the
information
only
for
the
purpose
of
performing
the
work
required
by
their
contracts
and
will
not
disclose
any
CBI
to
anyone
other
than
EPA
without
prior
written
approval
from
each
affected
business
or
from
EPA's
legal
office.
Any
comments
you
may
wish
to
make
on
this
issue
must
be
submitted
in
writing
along
with
your
completed
survey.
iii
WHERE
TO
RETURN
THE
SCREENER
SURVEY
After
completing
the
Screener
Survey
and
certifying
the
information
that
it
contains,
use
the
enclosed
mailing
label
to
mail
the
completed
survey
to:

U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Collection
of
1999
Meat
Products
Industry
Data
c/
o
Westat,
Inc.
???

Retain
a
copy
of
the
completed
survey,
including
attachments.
EPA
will
review
the
information
submitted
and
may
request
your
cooperation
in
answering
follow­
up
questions,
if
necessary,
to
complete
our
analyses.

CERTIFICATION
STATEMENT
Is
your
site
engaged
in
full­
time,
part­
time
or
intermittent
meat
product
operations?
(
For
purposes
of
this
survey,
meat
product
operations
include
red
meat
and
poultry
slaughtering
operations,
by­
product
operations,
rendering,
and
further
processing.)

G
Yes
(
Complete
the
survey;
sign
Certification
Statement
#
1
below
when
survey
has
been
completed)

G
No
(
Sign
Certification
Statement
#
2
below
and
return
the
following
to
EPA
at
the
given
address:
Pages
iii
and
iv
and
the
cover
page
containing
the
site
address
label)

When
the
survey
has
been
completed
or
?

No"
has
been
checked
above,
the
individual
responsible
for
directing
or
supervising
the
preparation
of
this
survey
must
read
and
sign
the
appropriate
Certification
Statement
listed
below.
The
certifying
official
must
be
a
responsible
corporate
official
or
his/
her
authorized
representative.
iv
Certification
Statement
#
1
I
certify
under
penalty
of
law
that
the
enclosed
survey
response
was
prepared
under
my
direction
or
supervision
in
accordance
with
a
system
designed
to
assure
that
qualified
personnel
properly
gathered
and
evaluated
the
information
submitted.
The
information
submitted
is,
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge
and
belief,
accurate
and
complete.
In
those
cases
where
we
did
not
possess
the
requested
information,
we
provided
best
engineering
estimates
in
response
to
the
questions.
We
have
to
the
best
of
our
ability
indicated
what
we
believe
to
be
company
confidential
business
information
as
defined
under
40
CFR
Part
2,
Subpart
B.
We
understand
that
we
may
be
required
at
a
later
time
to
justify
our
claim
in
detail
with
respect
to
each
item
claimed
confidential.
I
am
aware
that
there
are
significant
penalties
for
submitting
false
information,
including
the
possibility
of
fines
and
imprisonment
as
explained
in
Section
308
of
the
Clean
Water
Act.

Signature
of
Certifying
Official
Date
(
)
Printed
Name
of
Certifying
Official
Telephone
Number
Title
of
Certifying
Official
Certification
Statement
#
2
I
certify
under
penalty
of
law
that
this
site
does
not
engage
in
meat
product
operations.
I
am
aware
that
there
are
significant
penalties
for
submitting
false
information,
including
the
possibility
of
fines
and
imprisonment
as
explained
in
Section
308
of
the
Clean
Water
Act.

If
you
are
certifying
that
your
site
is
not
engaged
in
meat
product
operations,
indicate
the
classification
of
your
site.

G
Office
G
Distribution
G
Other
(
specify):

Signature
of
Certifying
Official
Date
(
)
Printed
Name
of
Certifying
Official
Telephone
Number
Title
of
Certifying
Official
v
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS
Complete
this
survey
for
your
entire
site.
A
site
is
one
contiguous
physical
location
at
which
meat
product
processes
occur.
In
some
instances,
a
site
may
include
properties
located
within
separate
fence
lines,
but
located
close
to
each
other.

Mark
responses
for
each
question.
Fill
in
the
appropriate
response(
s)
to
each
question.
Use
black
ink
or
type
in
the
spaces
provided.
If
the
space
allowed
for
the
answer
to
any
question
is
inadequate
for
your
complete
response,
continue
the
response
in
the
Comments
area
at
the
end
of
the
survey,
cross­
referencing
the
appropriate
section
and
question
number.
If
additional
attachments
are
required
to
clarify
a
response,
place
the
associated
question
number
and
your
site
ID
number
(
shown
on
the
cover
page)
in
the
upper
right
corner
of
each
page
of
the
attachments.

Answer
all
questions
unless
instructed
otherwise.
The
purpose
of
this
survey
is
to
gather
all
available
information
pertinent
to
meat
product
processes.
Answer
the
questions
in
sequence
unless
you
are
directed
to
SKIP.
Report
only
whole
numbers,
unless
instructed
otherwise.
If
a
particular
part
of
the
required
information
is
not
applicable
to
your
site,
enter
?

NA"
rather
than
leaving
the
answer
blank.
Enter
zero
where
appropriate.
Do
not
leave
an
entry
blank
if
the
answer
is
zero.
You
are
required
to
provide
best
engineering
estimates
when
data
are
not
readily
available.
If
you
provide
an
estimate,
note
the
methods
that
were
used
to
make
the
estimates
on
the
Comments
page
at
the
end
of
the
survey.
EPA
does
not
intend
for
sites
to
conduct
detailed
studies
to
obtain
the
data.
If
you
feel
you
need
to
conduct
a
detailed
study,
please
call
the
Screener
Survey
Information
Help
Line
at
(
800)
???­????
or
email
your
questions
to
???.
com.

Pay
close
attention
to
the
measurement
units
requested.
Be
careful
to
provide
data
in
the
requested
units.

Retain
a
copy
of
the
completed
survey
for
your
records.
EPA
will
review
the
information
submitted
and
may
request,
if
necessary,
your
cooperation
in
answering
follow­
up
clarification
questions
to
complete
the
data
collection
effort.
Retain
a
copy
of
the
completed
survey,
including
attachments,
in
case
you
(
i.
e.,
the
contact
identified
in
Question
4)
are
contacted
to
clarify
your
responses.
Also,
please
maintain
a
record
of
sources
used
to
complete
the
questions.

Refer
to
the
Definitions
Section
for
terms
which
are
used
in
this
survey.

If
you
have
any
comments
on
a
question
or
you
feel
an
answer
needs
clarification,
use
the
Comments
page
at
the
end
of
the
survey.
Be
sure
to
cross­
reference
your
comments
by
question
number.

Indicate
information
which
should
be
treated
as
confidential
by
checking
the
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
box
next
to
each
question
number
with
responses
containing
CBI.
Any
response
where
?

CBI"
is
not
checked
will
be
considered
nonconfidential.
Refer
to
the
instructions
given
in
the
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
DATA
CONFIDENTIALITY
section
on
page
ii
for
additional
information
regarding
EPA's
confidentiality
procedures
set
forth
in
40
CFR
Part
2,
Subpart
B.
The
CBI
boxes
begin
with
Question
8.
vi
DEFINITIONS
Effluent
Limitations
Guidelines
and
Standards.
Regulations
promulgated
by
U.
S.
EPA
under
authority
of
Sections
301,
304,
306,
and
307
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
that
set
out
minimum,
national
technology­
based
standards
of
performance
for
point
source
wastewater
discharges
from
specific
industrial
categories
(
e.
g.,
iron
and
steel
manufacturing
plants).
Effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
standards
regulations
are
implemented
through
the
NPDES
permit
and
national
pretreatment
programs
and
include
the
following:

Best
Practicable
Control
Technology
Currently
Available
(
BPT)

Best
Available
Technology
Economically
Achievable
(
BAT)

Best
Conventional
Pollutant
Control
Technology
(
BCT)

New
Source
Performance
Standards
(
NSPS)

Pretreatment
Standards
for
Existing
Sources
(
PSES)

Pretreatment
Standards
for
New
Sources
(
PSNS)

The
pretreatment
standards
(
PSES,
PSNS)
are
applicable
to
industrial
facilities
with
process
wastewater
discharges
to
publicly
owned
treatment
works
(
POTWs).
The
effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
new
source
performance
standards
(
BPT,
BAT,
BCT,
and
NSPS)
are
applicable
to
industrial
facilities
with
direct
discharges
of
process
wastewaters
to
waters
of
the
United
States.

Further
Processing.
Operations
which
utilize
whole
or
cut­
up
meat
products
for
the
production
of
cooked,
canned,
ground,
chopped,
diced,
or
breaded
fresh
or
frozen
products.

Meat
Product
Operations.
Include
red
meat
and
poultry
slaughtering
operations,
by­
product
operations,
rendering,
and
further
processing.

NPDES
Program.
The
National
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System
(
NPDES)
program
authorized
by
Sections
307,
318,
402,
and
405
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
which
applies
to
facilities
that
discharge
wastewater
directly
to
United
States
surface
waters.

Poultry.
Broilers,
other
young
chickens,
hens,
fowl,
mature
chickens,
turkeys,
capons,
geese,
ducks,
and
small
game
such
as
quail,
pheasants,
and
rabbits.

Privately
Owned
Treatment
Works
(
PrOTWs).
Any
device
or
system
owned
and
operated
by
a
private
entity
and
used
for
storage,
treatment,
recycling,
or
reclamation
of
liquid
industrial
wastes.

Process
Wastewater.
Any
water
which,
during
red
meat
or
poultry
operations,
comes
into
direct
contact
with
or
results
from
the
storage,
production,
or
use
of
any
raw
material,
intermediate
product,
finished
product,
by­
product,
or
waste
product.
Wastewater
from
equipment
cleaning,
direct­
contact
air
pollution
control
devices,
rinse
water,
storm
water
associated
with
industrial
activity,
and
contaminated
cooling
water
are
considered
process
wastewater.
Process
wastewater
may
also
include
wastewater
that
is
contract
hauled
for
off­
site
disposal.
Sanitary
wastewater,
uncontaminated
noncontact
cooling
water,
and
storm
water
not
associated
with
industrial
activity
are
not
considered
process
wastewater.

Publicly
Owned
Treatment
Works
(
POTWs).
Any
device
or
system
owned
and
operated
by
a
public
entity
and
used
in
the
storage,
treatment,
recycling,
or
reclamation
of
liquid
municipal
sewage
and/
or
liquid
industrial
wastes.
The
sewerage
system
that
conveys
wastewaters
to
treatment
works
is
considered
part
of
the
POTW.

Red
Meat.
The
term
"
red
meat"
includes
all
animal
products
from
cattle,
calves,
hogs,
sheep
and
lambs,
etc.,
except
those
defined
as
Poultry.

Site.
A
site
is
generally
one
contiguous
physical
location
at
which
manufacturing
operations
related
to
the
meat
products
industry
occur.
This
includes,
but
is
not
limited
to,
slaughtering,
processing,
and
rendering.
In
some
instances,
a
site
may
include
properties
located
within
separate
fence
lines,
but
located
close
to
each
other.

Surface
Water.
Waters
of
the
United
States
as
defined
at
40
CFR
122.2.
vii
Wastewater.
See
Process
Wastewater.

Zero
Discharge
or
Alternative
Disposal
Methods.
Disposal
of
process
and/
or
nonprocess
wastewaters
other
than
by
direct
discharge
to
a
surface
water
or
by
indirect
discharge
to
a
POTW
or
PrOTW.
Examples
include
land
application,
deep
well
injection,
and
contract
hauling.
1
FACILITY
INFORMATION
1.
If
the
site
mailing
address
shown
on
the
front
of
the
survey
is
correct,
check
(

)
the
box
below.
If
it
is
not
the
correct
address
for
this
site,
provide
the
correct
site
name
and
address
in
the
spaces
provided
below.

G
Address
on
cover
page
is
correct
(
Skip
to
Question
2)

Company
Name
Site
Address
or
P.
O.
Box
Subsidiary
Name
(
if
any)
Site
Address
continued
Site
or
Plant
Name
City
State
ZIP
Code
2.
If
the
street
(
i.
e.,
physical)
address
of
your
site
is
different
from
the
mailing
address
on
the
cover
page
or
given
in
Question
1,
provide
the
street
address
in
the
spaces
provided
below.
If
the
mailing
address
and
street
address
are
the
same,
check
(

)
the
box
below.

G
Address
on
cover
page
or
response
to
Question
1
is
physical
address.

Street
Address
City
Street
Address
continued
State
ZIP
Code
3.
What
is
the
name
and
address
of
the
company
that
owns
this
site?

Name
of
Company
Mailing
Address
or
P.
O.
Box
City
State
ZIP
4.
Provide
the
name,
title,
telephone
number,
and
facsimile
number
of
the
contact
at
your
site
for
information
supplied
in
this
survey.

Contact
Name
Contact
Title
(
)
Telephone
Number
(
)
Facsimile
Number
2
G
CBI
5.
In
1999,
were
any
meat
product
operations
(
as
defined
above)
performed
at
your
site?

G
Yes
(
Identify
all
types
of
animals
processed
for
each
operation
performed
in
table
below)

Operation
Red
Meat
Type
Poultry
Type
Cattle
Pigs
Other
Red
Meat
(
Specify_______)
Chickens
Turkeys
Other
Poultry
(
Specify_______)

Slaughtering
G
G
G
G
G
G
Further
Processing
G
G
G
G
G
G
Rendering
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
No
(
Skip
to
Question
7)

G
CBI
6.
Were
any
type(
s)
of
process
wastewaters
(
see
definition
of
process
wastewater
above)
generated
at
your
facility
for
Meat
Product
Operations
in
1999?

G
Yes
(
complete
table
below
for
all
that
apply)

Wastewater
Disposal
Method
Amount
of
Process
Wastewater
Disposed
in
1999
in
for
Meat
Product
Operations
(
Gallons/
Year)

G
Discharged
to
a
surface
water
under
an
NPDES
permit
G
Discharged
to
publicly
owned
treatment
works
(
POTW)

G
Land
applied
on
site
G
Surface
impoundment
on
site
(
as
final
disposal)

G
Transferred
to
an
off­
site
commercial
waste
treatment
facility
G
Transferred
to
an
off­
site
intracompany
wastewater
treatment
facility
G
Other
(
Please
specify
____________________)

G
No
(
Skip
to
Question
7)

G
CBI
7.
For
fiscal
year
1999,
list
the
average
number
of
full­
time
equivalent
(
FTE)
employees
at
the
site
and
company
(
i.
e.,
2080
hr/
yr).
For
example,
four
half­
time
employees
would
be
listed
as
two
full­
time
equivalent
employees.

a.
______________________________
Number
of
FTE
employees
at
the
site
b.
______________________________
Number
of
FTE
employees
at
the
company
COMMENTS
3
Cross
reference
your
comments
by
question
number
and
indicate
the
confidential
status
of
your
comment
by
checking
(

)
the
box
in
the
column
titled
?

CBI"
(
Confidential
Business
Information).

Question
Number
CBI
Comment
G
G
G
G
G