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The major source reclassification rule is undone

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”, provision 1,  1. Written by .

The major source reclassification rule is undone

The document says “shall notWho acts: CongressHow: statute 1 in the PDF
What the document says

“Congress disapproves 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" (89 Fed. Reg. 73293 (September 10, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.”

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”,  1

A resolution of disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5 of the United States Code, the Congressional Review Act. It names the rule by the title the agency gave it and by where the rule was published, and it states no reason. What the rule itself required is not described here, because that rule is not one of the documents this site has indexed.

What the document actually says

“Congress disapproves 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" (89 Fed. Reg. 73293 (September 10, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.”

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”,  1
That sentence, in plain words

Congress votes down a rule about how big polluters are classed. The rule now has no force.

What this is about

The EPA wrote a rule about how big polluters are classed. Congress voted to undo it. The rule is dead. It binds no one now. Congress used a law that lets it undo a new rule within a set time.

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