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Final ruleTook effect Oct. 14, 2026

Extending the Reporting Deadline Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for Reporting Year 2025 to March 10, 2027

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Oct. 14, 2026. Document 2026-20982. Updated Nov. 5, 2026.

What it does

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking interim final action to extend the reporting deadline under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for reporting year 2025 data from October 30, 2026, to March 10, 2027. This final action only changes the reporting deadline for annual greenhouse gas reports for reporting year 2025 and makes no other changes to the rule. The EPA is requesting comments on all aspects of this interim final rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

40 CFR 98

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Environmental Protection Agency has published 238 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 263 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2060-AX07 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This interim final rule is effective on October 14, 2026. Comments on this rule must be received on or by November 30, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-20982
ActionInterim final rule; request for comment.
AgenciesEnvironmental Protection Agency
PublishedOct. 14, 2026
Effective dateOct. 14, 2026
Comments closeNov. 30, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2060-AX07
DocketEPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0186

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register