Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions”.
Key claim: A House joint resolution was introduced to overturn the EPA’s regulation establishing compliance procedures, exemptions, and netting under the Clean Air Act waste emissions charge for petroleum and natural gas facilities.
Abstract
(HJRES228 · 118th Congress) Latest action (2024-12-17): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Why this matters
The targeted rule governs how covered petroleum and natural gas facilities comply with the methane Waste Emissions Charge, including netting and exemptions that affect charge liability and administrative costs. This finding records only introduction of a disapproval resolution, not a change in obligations or demonstrated emissions effects, and should be distinguished from the later H.J.Res. 35 action already recorded on the page. Disapproval of an implementing rule is not itself repeal of the underlying statutory charge.