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LAW · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Issues related to the theft of used cooking oil, including interstate and multi-state criminal enterprises engaged in this activity.

TAX · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to the implementation of IRS Sec. 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act (H.R.2424): Issues related to the 12% Federal Excise Tax on new heavy vehicle purchases.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R.2424

ENG · Energy/Nuclear

Energy Choice Act (H.R.3699/S.1945): Issues related to the availability of legal energy inputs across the United States.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R.3699, S.1945

SMB · Small Business

Issues related to the U.S. Small Business Administration's next scheduled small business size standards review.

AGR · Agriculture

Farm, Food, and National Security Act (H.R.7567): 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.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R.7567

WAS · Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)

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.

FUE · Fuel/Gas/Oil

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.

CAW · Clean Air and Water (quality)

Issues related to the implementation of the EPA's proposed 2024 Meat and Poultry Product Effluent Limitation Guideline rule

GOV · Government Issues

Issues related to the development of the EPA's proposed 2024 Meat and Poultry Product Effluent Limitation Guideline rule