Classifies and regulates CO2 pipelines as common carriers, and authorizes the Public Service Commission to set rates of charge and promulgate operating rules for CO2 pipelines.
Provides permitting procedures and requirements for geologic storage of carbon dioxide, including environmental mandates, financial responsibility, recordkeeping and reporting.
Lincoln Davies, Kirsten Uchitel, John Ruple, Heather Tanana
This report identifies a need for a comprehensive CCS regulatory regime based around a cooperative federalism approach that directly addresses liability concerns and that generally does not upset traditional lines of federal-state authority.
Kenneth R. Richards, Joice Chang, Joanna E. Allerhand, John Rupp
This article seeks to provide insight into how U.S. states might approach the task of defining and clarifying property rights to subsurface pore space, particularly rights to the types of structures that are relevant to CCS.
Jonas J. Monast, Brooks R. Pearson, Lincoln F. Pratson
This paper reviews the history of cooperative federalism and how it may provide a framework to determine appropriate roles for federal and state governments, and applies that framework to the gaps in the CCS regulatory structure.
Carbon dioxide suppliers are regulated under California’s cap-and-trade program, but any CO2 supplied that is ultimately geologically sequestered is not included in their compliance obligation (e.g., CO2 supplied for enhanced oil recovery).