🌍EPA Announces Extension of Deadlines for Environmental Regulations
Extension of Deadlines: Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Interim Final Rule; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks, and Coke Oven Batteries
Summary
On July 31, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated amendments to compliance dates within the interim final rule titled Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Final Rule, On July 3, 2025, the EPA promulgated amendments to compliance dates in the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities (Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing) through an interim final rule. On July 8, 2025, the EPA promulgated amendments to the compliance dates in the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks, and Coke Oven Batteries (Coke Ovens) through an interim final rule. The EPA received requests to schedule public hearings for each of these interim final rules. Given the public interest in these rules and to further public participation, the EPA is granting these requests and will hold the public hearings via virtual platform. The public hearing for Oil and Natural Gas will be held on September 2, 2025. The public hearing for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing will be held on September 3, 2025. The public hearing for Coke Ovens September 4, 2025. In addition, the EPA is extending the deadlines for written comments listed in the interim final rules to October 1, 2025, for Oil and Natural Gas, October 2, 2025, for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing, and to October 6, 2025, for Coke Ovens. The EPA will consider submitted comments and address them as appropriate. See table 1 below for a summary of the aforementioned:
Agencies
- Environmental Protection Agency
Business Impact
$$$ - High
The text details compliance requirements and deadlines for businesses in the Oil and Natural Gas sector, Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing, and Coke Ovens, impacting their operational timelines and environmental compliance strategies. The public hearings and comment periods indicate potential future regulatory changes that could influence business practices and expenses related to environmental standards.