A joint resolution 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".

This resolution cancels an Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized in 2024 that changed how facilities emitting hazardous air pollutants, like certain factories and industrial plants, can be reclassified from major sources to less-regulated area sources under the Clean Air Act. Major sources face stricter pollution-control requirements than area sources, so the reclassification process determines how tightly a facility's emissions are controlled. Congress is using its authority under the Congressional Review Act to formally disapprove the EPA's rule, which means the rule is treated as if it never took effect. Facilities that were affected by the now-disapproved rule would instead operate under whatever reclassification standard was in place before the EPA's 2024 rule. Because the disapproved rule concerned pollution-control requirements, this resolution changes the regulatory standard back to the prior approach for these industrial emission sources.