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H.R.1 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

2009

Enacted Legislation

111th U.S. Congress (2009-2010)

This bill included $800 million for CCS technology for coal-fired plants, $1.52 billion for industrial CCS projects, and $1 billion for a stand-alone integrated power plant project incorporating CCS.

The Potential for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Minnesota

2008

Scientific Report

Minnesota Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Initiative

This report assesses the potential of Minnesota lands to sequester carbon dioxide, including an analysis of existing and proposed state policies for their potential impact on carbon sequestration activities.

Ga. Code §§48-5-7.7 et seq. – Georgia Forest Land Protection Act

2008

Enacted Legislation

This law provides for an ad valorem tax exemption for property primarily used for the good faith subsistence or commercial production of trees, timber, or other wood and wood fiber products.

Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration: Assessing a Liability Regime for the Long-term Storage of Carbon Dioxide

2008

Scholarly Work

Alexandra B. Klass, Elizabeth J. Wilson

This article surveys the existing environmental law and tort law liability regimes that may cover potential harm from escaping or migrating C02 from CCS activities.

Storing Carbon: Options for Liability Risk Management, Financial Responsibility

2008

Scholarly Work

Chiara Trabucchi, Lindene Patton

This article recommends the creation of a ‘federal government corporation’ in combination with a suite of financial risk management mechanisms to ensure the deployment of CCS technology in an efficient, safe, and environmentally balanced manner.

Carbon Capture and Storage Project Development: An Overview of Property Rights Acquisition, Permitting, and Operational Liability Issues

2008

Scholarly Work

Thomas A. Campbell, Robert A. James, Julie Hutchings

This article covers potential challenges and solutions for CCS on topics such as the acquisition of property rights; permitting at both the federal and the state levels; and identification, reduction and transfer of liabilities.

Fla. Stat. § 366.8255

2008

Enacted Legislation

State of Florida

Allows inclusion of “costs or expenses prudently incurred for scientific research and geological assessments of carbon capture and storage” in utilities’ environmental compliance costs which may be recovered from ratepayers.

Fla. Stat. § 366.91

2008

Enacted Legislation

State of Florida

Requires utilities to offer to purchase renewable energy and includes “electrical energy produced using pipeline-quality synthetic gas produced from waste petroleum coke with carbon capture and sequestration” in definition of “renewable energy."

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