Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act”.
Key claim: A House joint resolution was introduced under the Congressional Review Act to disapprove and nullify the EPA’s rule regarding the reclassification of major sources as area sources under Clean Air Act Section 112.
Abstract
(HJRES204 · 118th Congress) Latest action (2024-09-17): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Why this matters
The targeted rule required certain former major sources of persistent and bioaccumulative hazardous air pollutants to retain major-source emission standards after reclassification, linking industrial compliance costs with continued air-toxics controls. Disapproval would remove that rule’s requirements, but this finding records only an already-documented House introduction, not a new change in legal obligations or evidence of emissions or health outcomes.