Joint Resolution Puts Future Of Methane Fee In Doubt

The Biden administration's rule requiring the payment of a fee for methane emissions has effectively been rescinded, although, for now at least, the statutory provision imposing the fee remains in effect along with other Biden administration regulations addressing methane.

The House of Representatives and Senate have passed a joint resolution, disapproving of the regulations issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") at the end of the Biden administration imposing a fee on certain methane emissions. Once the joint resolution is signed by President Trump as expected, the fee regulations will have no further force or effect.

Note that the joint resolution only addresses the methane fee regulations. Other regulations addressing methane emissions during the Biden administration, such as the 2024 methane emission standards and the revised methane emission reporting rules, are not impacted by the joint resolution. It is likely, however,