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 would cancel an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that set out how the methane “waste emissions charge” for oil and gas facilities would work, including the compliance steps, “netting,” and exemptions. The EPA rule was published on November 18, 2024 and described how the agency would collect an annual charge from oil and gas operations whose methane and other greenhouse gas emissions go over certain limits . The resolution disapproves that rule, stopping those procedures from taking effect .

In plain terms, this aims to block the EPA’s plan for how companies would calculate, report, and pay the methane charge if they emit above set thresholds. Without the rule, the specific compliance requirements and outlined methods for charging facilities would not apply as described in the EPA’s publication .

• Who is affected: Oil and gas companies with emissions above set thresholds
• What changes: Stops the EPA’s methane fee procedures, including compliance steps, netting, and exemptions, from taking effect
• When: Targets the EPA rule published November 18, 2024