Legislative record

Carbon sequestration.

Provides that, as a prerequisite for the department of natural resources (department) to issue an integration order in regard to the underground storage of carbon dioxide, a storage operator must obtain the consent of: (1) the owners of the pore space underlying at least 85% of the surface area above the proposed storage facility or amended proposed storage facility; and (2) the county executive of each county in which the storage facility is proposed to be located. Limits the length of a pipeline for purposes of a carbon sequestration project to 30 total miles. Increases the annual injection fee a storage operator must pay to the department from $0.08 to $0.15 per ton of carbon dioxide estimated to be injected into a storage facility.