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Board schedules fast‑track task force on carbon sequestration ordinances amid one‑year moratorium
Summary
The board discussed forming a task force to evaluate risks to water resources from underground carbon dioxide storage and to draft local ordinances; members said the process will move quickly to produce recommendations before the county's one‑year moratorium expires.
Champaign County board members discussed plans to form a Carbon Sequestration Activities Task Force to evaluate potential risks to groundwater and to draft comprehensive local ordinances regulating subsurface gas storage and carbon sequestration.
The proposed mission, read by the board member sponsoring the item, states the task force will “protect public health and safety by evaluating the potential…
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