The West Virginia Senate passed a bill, House Bill 5045, that would give the state Department of Environmental Protection primary enforcement authority, or primacy, over wells to inject carbon dioxide into deep rock formations for long-term underground storage. The DEP would gain the primacy through the United States Environmental Protection Agency s Class VI program for such wells.
The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill, House Bill 5045, designed to help the state Department of Environmental Protection gain primary enforcement authority, or primacy, over wells to inject carbon dioxide into deep rock formations for long-term underground storage. The bill now goes before the Senate, in which another version of the bill has advanced.
The West Virginia Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee approved a bill, Senate Bill 596, designed to help the state Department of Environmental Protection gain primary enforcement authority, or primacy, over underground carbon dioxide injection wells. Just two states currently have that authority.
The West Virginia Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee approved a bill, Senate Bill 596, designed to help the state Department of Environmental Protection gain primary enforcement authority, or primacy, over underground carbon dioxide injection wells. Just two states currently have that authority.
The West Virginia House of Delegates Energy and Manufacturing Committee advanced legislation in House Bill 5045 designed to help the Department of Environmental Protection obtain primacy over underground carbon dioxide injection wells. The DEP s pursuit of primacy over the federal Class VI program has divided environmentalists who say the agency isn t prepared for the responsibility and carbon sequestration and blue hydrogen proponents who say it would ease permitting and foster economic growth