USEPA Expected to Propose CCS Rule

    On March 8, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget finished its regulatory review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“USEPA”) proposed rulemaking for carbon dioxide injection and geologic sequestration reporting.  Thus USEPA is soon expected to publish notice of the proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register.

 

    According to www.regulations.gov, “the Agency is initiating this separate rulemaking to specifically address geologic sequestration (GS). The rule would outline new requirements for GHG reporting for CO2 injection, including GS sites. In addition to tracking CO2 emissions across CO2 capture and injection, this rule would allow EPA to collect data on efficacy of GS sites for long-term storage of CO2.”

 

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