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Congress blocks EPA waste emissions charge rule for oil and gas systems

Original title: 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".

Last action · March 14, 2025: Became Public Law No: 119-2.

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What This Bill Does

Congress has officially nullified an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that established procedures for a waste emissions charge on petroleum and natural gas systems. This action, enacted as Public Law 119-2, prevents the EPA from enforcing the specific compliance, , and exemption procedures outlined in the challenged regulation.

Why it matters

This decision removes the regulatory framework for how oil and gas companies calculate and comply with federal waste emissions charges, directly impacting the financial obligations of energy producers and the EPA's oversight of methane emissions.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems

These entities are no longer subject to the specific compliance, netting, and exemption procedures previously established by the EPA rule.

Directly affected

Environmental Protection Agency

The agency is prohibited from enforcing the disapproved rule regarding waste emissions charge procedures.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does this law do?
It uses the to overturn a specific EPA rule that set the rules for how oil and gas companies comply with waste emissions charges.
Does this mean there is no waste emissions charge?
The law specifically disapproves the EPA's procedural rule for compliance, , and exemptions, effectively blocking that specific regulatory framework.

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Where This Stands

Current status: Became law.

Last action
Became Public Law No: 119-2.Mar 14, 2025

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Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.

Discoveries

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Congressional Nullification of EPA Rule

Congress utilized the Congressional Review Act to invalidate a specific EPA regulatory framework, demonstrating a direct legislative intervention in agency-level environmental compliance procedures.

Connected Entities

Environmental Protection Agency
OrganizationEnvironmental Protection Agency“The agency that submitted the rule regarding waste emissions charges.”Map →

Sources

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