Mealey's (September 16, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Sept. 8 that it plans to issue a new Clean Water Act rule to reduce wastewater pollution from meat and poultry slaughterhouses. On the same day, the EPA disclosed its rule-making intentions in a joint status report in a suit filed in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging the agency’s previous refusal to update slaughterhouse pollution standards....