The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a rule from November 26, 2024, after receiving negative feedback. This rule involved partially withdrawing previous actions against 13 states and local air pollution agencies that had not updated their State Implementation Plans as required by the Clean Air Act. These updates were needed to address issues identified by the EPA in 2015 related to excess emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction periods. The EPA plans to consider all feedback in a new final rule but will not allow additional comments during that process.
Simple Explanation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) changed its mind about a rule because some people didn't like it. The rule was about making sure states do a good job stopping extra pollution when factories start or stop working.