This joint resolution, introduced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on February 4, 2026, would disapprove and nullify an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule titled "Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category--Deadline Extensions" (90 Fed. Reg. 61328, December 31, 2025). If the resolution is enacted, the specified EPA rule "shall have no force or effect." The resolution was read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
If Congress passes this resolution and the President agrees, the EPA rule on deadline extensions for effluent limits that was published December 31, 2025, would be canceled and could not take effect. People or businesses that operate or regulate steam electric power plants are the most directly named group in the rule title and would be affected by the rule being nullified.
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No publicly available information about arguments or reasons in the bill text. Sponsor: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (introduced February 4, 2026).
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