Sponsor
Sheldon Whitehouse
Senator · D-RI
Senator · D-RI
Official 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 "Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units: Temporary-Use Incinerators and Air Curtain Incinerators Used in Disaster Recovery.
Introduced October 1, 2025 by Sheldon Whitehouse · Last progress October 1, 2025
Disapproves and nullifies an Environmental Protection Agency rule that would have regulated temporary-use incinerators and air curtain incinerators used in disaster recovery, so that the named EPA rule has no force or effect. The resolution removes that specific federal regulatory requirement and leaves existing regulatory authority and practices in place unless other action is taken. This action affects EPA regulatory authority over those specific types of disaster-response incinerators and creates regulatory clarity that the disapproved rule will not apply, but it does not itself create new regulations, funding, or implementation timelines.