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".
This measure cancels an Environmental Protection Agency rule that created the compliance system for federal fees on excess methane leaks from oil and gas operations. Under the canceled rule, major energy facilities faced financial penalties for releasing methane above certain limits, while also being allowed to use specific exemptions and emissions-averaging methods to lower their payments. By voiding the regulation, this resolution eliminates those specific reporting, netting, and exemption procedures, and it prevents the agency from enacting a substantially similar rule without new approval from Congress.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Petroleum and natural gas facility operatorsFacilities subject to the EPA's waste emissions charge are relieved from the compliance procedures, reporting requirements, and administrative rules established by the disapproved regulation.
Who opposes it
- Environmental Protection AgencyThe bill nullifies the EPA's published regulations regarding the waste emissions charge for petroleum and natural gas systems, stripping the agency of the rule's legal force and authority.
The provisions, in plain language.
Cancels the Environmental Protection Agency's regulations on the waste emissions charge for oil and natural gas systems—including compliance procedures, emissions netting, and fee exemptions—rendering the rule void and without legal effect.