Wash. Admin. Code § 173-218-115
Regulation that contains permitting and regulatory requirements for carbon dioxide injection wells used for geological sequestration.
Wash. Admin. Code § 173-407-100 et seq.
Requires fossil-fueled thermal electric generating facilities of 25-350 MW capacity to implement CO2 mitigation program, including through geologic or non-geologic sequestration.
Wash. Admin. Code § 463-80-010 et seq
Implements carbon dioxide mitigation program for thermal electric generating facilities of greater than 350 MW capacity, and allows mitigation through geological carbon sequestration.
Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-1-152 and § 34-1-153
Resolves ownership of pore space under surfaces, and ownership of CO2 injected into pore space, for purposes of geologic sequestration.
Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35-11-313 et seq.
Requires permits for geologic CO2 sequestration and creates special revenue account for deposit of permitting fees and directs the Department of Environmental Quality to develop rules for operational standards, monitoring, and maintenance of wells.
26 U.S. Code § 45Q
26 USC §45Q creates a tax credit for the sequestration of captured carbon dioxide.
Regulatory challenges to the implementation of carbon capture and geological storage within the European Union under EU and international law
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Carbon Capture and Storage: A New Challenge for International Environmental Law
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Carbon Capture and Storage: Developments under European Union and International Law
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Sequestration, Science, and the Law: An Analysis of the Sequestration Component of the California and Northeastern States’ Plans to Curb Global Warming
This comment describes the three major methods for carbon sequestration and examines the sequestration component of the initiatives in California and the northeastern states.