Legal and Regulatory Developments on CCS
This paper provides a descriptive review of the key legal and regulatory CCS developments between 2005-2015, with a particular focus on international developments.
Study on the environmental tort liability of CCS project
This paper explores how Chinese tort law, including the doctrine of liability fixation and the distribution of the burden of proof, would govern a leak of CO2 from a CCS storage project.
Challenges to Commercial Scale Carbon Capture and Storage: Regulatory Framework
This paper provides an examination of project-specific regulation and legislation in Europe, Australia and North America that covers property rights, the permitting process, financial assurances, and long-term liability related to CO2 storage.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Research, Development, and Demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy
This report aims to provide a snapshot of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CCS program, including its current funding levels, together with some discussion of the program’s achievements and prospects for success in meeting its stated goals.
Emerging Legislative Regimes for Regulating Carbon Capture and Storage Activities in Australia: To What Extent Do They Facilitate Access to Procedural Justice?
This article undertakes a comparative analysis of the laws that have been enacted or amended to regulate CCS activities in Australian jurisdictions in order to identify standards of best practice for facilitating access to procedural justice.
A 2015 Analysis and Update on U.S. Pore Space Law —The Necessity of Proceeding Cautiously With Respect to the “Stick” Known as Pore Space
This paper provides an analysis and update (as of 2015) on current pore space law in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wyoming.
Ohio Admin. Code r. 3745-51-04(H)
Classifying injection of CO2 streams for geological storage as Class VI injection wells subject to 40 C.F.R. § 261.4(h).
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-12-01-.02
Classifying injection of CO2 streams for geological storage as Class VI injection wells subject to 40 C.F.R. Parts 144 and 146 and Tennessee underground injection control regulations.
Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 30-5-502
Provides for Oil & Gas Conservation Commission to certify geologic CO2 sequestration incidental to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations.
A Review of the CO2 Pipeline Infrastructure in the U.S.
This report summarizes current and potential expansions to the CO2 pipeline network in the US, and provides an overview of permitting, regulation, and policies at the federal and state levels.