[inquest]

Then perhaps it was just bad reporting, but the article said he was making changes to the act itself, not just to the manner in which the act is being implemented.

[dirtboy]

From the AP article linked above:

EPA proposed the rule in December, the then-acting administrator signed it in August and it was made final in October. It was due to have gone into effect this week.

So it looks like this was done under the guise of a rule change.