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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage


Carbon Capture and Storage

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technological process of capturing carbon dioxide from a power plant or industrial activity and the storage of that captured carbon dioxide in an underground basalt formation, saline aquifer, depleted oil and gas reservoir, or sub-sea geologic formation.
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Iowa Admin. Code r. 261-401.6

2011
Regulation
State of Iowa
A regulation that makes energy projects implementing carbon capture and storage eligible for state financial assistance.

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 353.800 et seq.

2011
Enacted Legislation
State of Kentucky
Section of law that creates an “economic priority” to attract CCS projects “that will create jobs ... and favorably position the Commonwealth for future leadership and growth in the field,” including provisions relating to pore space ownership.

Miss. Code Ann. § 53-11-1 et seq.

2011
Enacted Legislation
State of Mississippi
The Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act authorizes the State Oil and Gas Board to regulate carbon storage in the state, including by approving carbon storage facilities and regulating the use of carbon dioxide in EOR.

16 Tex. Admin. Code § 5.301

2011
Regulation
State of Texas
Regulates the use of anthropogenic CO2 in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects, with permit criteria and operational standards.

International Law Issues on the Technology Using of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

2010
Scholarly Work
QIN Tian-bao, CHENG Han
This paper explores how the present international legal system can be applied and adapted to the spreading using of CCS.

Carbon Capture and Storage from the Perspective of International Law

2010
Scholarly Work
Alexander Proelss, Kerstin Güssow
This chapter explores carbon capture and storage from the perspective of international law

Carbon Capture and Storage in South Dakota: The Need for a Clear Designation of Pore Space Ownership

2010
Scholarly Work
Blayne N. Grave
This comment considers state legislation on pore space ownership and examines existing subsurface case law in South Dakota to support the notion that pore space ownership should rest with the surface state.

Carbon Storage: Discerning Resource Biases that Influence Treaty Negotiations

2010
Scholarly Work
Kirsten Braun
This article explores the biases encountered during treaty negotiations that impact carbon storage policy.

Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, and Property Rights

2010
Scholarly Work
Alexandra B. Klass, Elizabeth J. Wilson
This article considers the role of property rights in efforts to sequester underground hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide per year from power plants and other industrial facilities in order to mitigate climate change.

Towards an Effective Legal Framework for the Geo-Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide in New Zealand

2010
Scholarly Work
Greg Severinsen
This paper provides an overview of some of the most important legal challenges that the regulation of CCS poses in New Zealand and offers some potential solutions to address these challenges.

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