Resolution to Overturn EPA Waste Emissions Charge Rule
February 4, 2025
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The Frame
This resolution aims to block the implementation of EPA regulations that establish how petroleum and natural gas companies are charged for methane emissions, directly impacting the compliance costs and regulatory requirements for the energy sector.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry
Companies in this sector are subject to the EPA's waste emissions charge rule, which this resolution seeks to invalidate.
Environmental Protection Agency
The agency's regulatory action is the subject of the disapproval resolution.
Last recorded activity February 4, 2025.
Introduced.
Summary
Why It Matters
This resolution aims to block the implementation of EPA regulations that establish how petroleum and natural gas companies are charged for methane emissions, directly impacting the compliance costs and regulatory requirements for the energy sector.
Key Facts
- The resolution formally disapproves of the EPA rule titled 'Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions'.
- The rule being challenged was originally published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 91094).
- If enacted, the resolution would render the EPA rule null and void, meaning it would have no force or effect.
- The resolution is introduced under the authority of Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the United States Code, which allows Congress to review and overturn agency rules.
- The resolution was introduced in the Senate on February 4, 2025, by Senator John Hoeven and 24 co-sponsors.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this resolution do?
Does this mean the EPA rule is already cancelled?
News Coverage
Voting Record
Total
99
Yes
52
No
47
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (99)
Mike Rounds
R · yes
Mike Lee
R · yes
Maggie Hassan
D · no
Tom Cotton
R · yes
Susan Collins
R · yes
Lisa Murkowski
R · yes
Richard Blumenthal
D · no
Roger Wicker
R · yes
Ruben Gallego
D · no
Bill Cassidy
R · yes
Mark Warner
D · no
Brian Schatz
D · no
Mazie Hirono
D · no
Jerry Moran
R · yes
Amy Klobuchar
D · no
Jon Ossoff
D · no
Charles Schumer
D · no
Richard Durbin
D · no
Rick Scott
R · yes
Tammy Baldwin
D · no
Catherine Cortez Masto
D · no
Ben Lujan
D · no
Alex Padilla
D · no
Todd Young
R · yes
+ 75 more
Sponsors
Discoveries
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Congressional Review Act Usage
The resolution demonstrates a formal attempt to utilize the Congressional Review Act to reverse an EPA rule finalized in the final months of the previous administration.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.congress.gov
Analysis Score
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