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Senate EPW hearing: federal delays, backlogs hinder carbon‑capture deployment
Summary
Lawmakers and witnesses told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that slow implementation of the USE IT Act, a backlog of EPA Class 6 permit applications, and long federal review timelines are slowing carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects and state requests for primacy.
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and technical witnesses told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at a Feb. 26 hearing that federal delays and a backlog of Class 6 underground injection control applications are impeding carbon capture, utilization and storage projects across the country.
Chairman Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, told the committee that implementation of the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies Act — the USE IT Act — has fallen short of congressional intent. She said interagency guidance and task forces required by the law were slow to form and that CEQ guidance did not provide a clear pathway to expedite permitting. "The guidance failed to present a clear pathway to expedite permitting for these projects," Capito said.
The hearing centered on three recurring barriers identified by witnesses: the cost of retrofitting large emitters for capture, CO2 pipeline permitting and public…
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