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Senate permits leasing of CO2 pore space under state parks, limits surface development
Summary
Senate Bill 627 passed, allowing the Department of Natural Resources director to negotiate lease fees for CO2 pore space that migrates under state parks; sponsors said the bill does not authorize surface drilling on park lands.
The Senate passed Engrossed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 627 on March 7 by a vote of 29 ayes, 3 nays and 2 absent not voting. The measure removes a prohibition on leasing state-owned pore space under lands designated as state parks for carbon dioxide sequestration where subsurface pore space is implicated.
Sponsor remarks on the Senate floor provided legislative history of prior CO2 sequestration pilot and permanent…
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