Passed in the House on February 26, 2025 · 220 Yea, 206 Nay, 6 Not Voting
Question: On Passage: H J RES 35 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”
In plain English: This resolution would cancel a rule that charges oil and gas facilities for exceeding methane emission limits. The charge, part of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program, would no longer be collected by the EPA.
This joint resolution eliminates an annual waste emissions charge on oil or gas facilities under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Under the program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently collects a waste emissions charge from specific types of oil or gas facilities, such as onshore or offshore facilities that produce oil or gas, for exceeding emission thresholds for greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions. Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the rule titled …