Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments".

H.J.Res. 152 is a joint resolution that would overturn a 2024 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule regarding the disposal of coal ash, a byproduct of burning coal for electricity. The targeted EPA rule requires inactive power plants and historical disposal sites to follow federal safety standards for managing "legacy" coal ash ponds, which are often unlined and unmonitored.

If this resolution becomes law, it would nullify these specific requirements for groundwater monitoring, permanent closure, and cleanup at older or inactive coal ash storage sites. For citizens, this would mean that the responsibility for managing potential leaks or structural failures at these historical disposal sites would remain under previous regulations or state-level oversight rather than the new federal standards.