Women’s Initiative

Gina Buchman and Christina Puhnaty Co-Author Environmental Alert

On July 31, 2025, EPA published its highly anticipated Interim Final Rule to extend several deadlines in 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subparts OOOO, OOOOa, OOOOb and OOOOc that were promulgated in EPA’s 2024 Methane Rule. That same day, environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Interim Final Rule. Absent a stay by the court, which the environmental groups are currently not seeking, the Interim Final Rule and the various extended deadlines are effective. For more information or answers to questions, please contact Gary Steinbauer, Gina Falaschi Buchman, Christina Puhnaty, or your Babst Calland relationship attorney. To read the full alert, click here.