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Commission hears legal review of hydrogen wells; staff asked to research potential zoning updates
Summary
County planning staff and outside counsel briefed the commission on whether hydrogen wells should be treated like oil and natural gas in Dickinson County zoning rules. Commissioners asked staff and counsel to research setbacks, decommissioning and whether the Kansas Corporation Commission regulates hydrogen and return with recommended language.
Planning staff and outside counsel briefed the Dickinson County Planning Commission on Oct. 16 about whether hydrogen extraction or production wells should be treated under existing county rules that govern oil and natural gas wells.
Anna Kurslick, a planning and zoning attorney with the Stinson law firm, told the commission that current Dickinson County zoning regulations list "oil and natural gas" facilities as permitted uses in AG‑80 and AG‑40 districts and that many surrounding counties treat hydrogen similarly to oil and gas. “It is considered a gas, so it would be something that KCC would regulate,” Kurslick said when asked whether the Kansas Corporation Commission would have regulatory authority.
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