# 2025-00433: EPA Takes Back Air Pollution Rule After Getting Yelled At

2025-00433, Excess Emissions During Periods of Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction; Partial Withdrawals of Findings of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plan (SIP), is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-10, effective 2025-01-10 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00433
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00433
- Title: Excess Emissions During Periods of Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction; Partial Withdrawals of Findings of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plan (SIP)
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-10
- Effective: 2025-01-10
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

EPA Takes Back Air Pollution Rule After Getting Yelled At

## Summary

The EPA planned to ease rules for 13 states about extra pollution during startup, shutdown, and malfunctions but had to hit pause after getting some pushback. Now, they’re withdrawing that change and will revisit the issue later without reopening public comments. This affects state air agencies and could delay any changes to pollution rules and related costs.

## Abstract

Due to the receipt of adverse comment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing the November 26, 2024, direct final rule to partially withdraw two final actions finding that 13 States and/or local air pollution control agencies failed to submit State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions required by the Clean Air Act (CAA) in a timely manner to address the EPA's 2015 findings of substantial inadequacy and "SIP calls" for provisions applying to excess emissions during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM). The EPA will address all comments received in a subsequent final rule for which the EPA will not institute a second comment period.

## Effects PRIA read

- Withdrawal Delays Planned SIP Change: mixed, low. On January 10, 2025, the EPA withdrew a direct final rule that had been published on November 26, 2024 (89 FR 93187). That November 26 action would have partially withdrawn two final findings that 13 States and/or local air pollution control agencies failed to submit required State Implementation P…
- No Second Public Comment Period: cost, low. The EPA received an adverse comment (dated December 18, 2024, and posted December 22, 2024) and therefore withdrew the direct final rule. The agency says it will address all comments in a subsequent final rule and will not institute a second public comment period on that subsequent final rule.

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## Sources
- [2025-00433 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2025-00433/excess-emissions-during-periods-of-startup-shutdown-and-malfunction-partial-withdrawals-of-findings)
- [2025-00433 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-10/pdf/2025-00433.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00433 (as of 2026-06-11).