Farm Bill: Relating to provisions supporting the rendering industry and food loss; The Butcher Block Act - Relating to the continuation of support programs for small and medium meat and poultry production facilities; Issues relating to disaster relief programs supporting producers affected by the pathogen outbreaks and coverage for safe, secure carcass disposal via rendering; Necessary revisions to the federal government's organic waste recycling policies, including efforts to increase landfill diversion of organics and reduce both food loss and food waste; Available government grants and funding opportunities for agricultural facilities. Issues relating to the development and implementation of the National Farm Security Action Plan.
Necessary revisions to the federal government's organic waste recycling policies, including efforts to increase landfill diversion of organics and reduce both food loss and food waste; Issues related to the lack of data and scientific analysis underlying the arbitrary and capricious removal of rendering from the EPA-endorsed resource recovery pathways in the EPAs recent report Field to Bin: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste Management Pathways (EPA/600/R-23/065) and its associated collateral and initiatives.
Renewable Fuels Standard tracking and reporting requirements for domestic biofuels feedstocks Explicit inclusion of "brown grease" as an acceptable feedstock in existing federal biofuels grants/credits/subsidies/programs.
Issues related to the implementation of the EPA's proposed 2024 Meat and Poultry Product Effluent Limitation Guideline rule
Issues related to the development of the EPA's proposed 2024 Meat and Poultry Product Effluent Limitation Guideline rule
Issues related to the interstate theft of used cooking oil, including multi-state criminal enterprises engaged in this activity.
Issues related to the implementation of IRS Sec. 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit.