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Bill would create a "victim lien" for CO2 pipeline releases after Sartatia, Miss., bankruptcy concerns cited
Summary
Rep. Sue Ann Olson introduced HB 1210 to create a statutory "victim's lien" for people harmed by a CO2 pipeline release, citing the Sartatia, Mississippi rupture and post‑incident bankruptcy as the rationale.
Representative Sue Ann Olson presented House Bill 1210, a proposed addition to Title 35 (liens) that would authorize a "victim's lien" for people who suffer injury or property damage resulting from a carbon dioxide pipeline release.
Olson described the proposal as a response to the Startacia, Mississippi rupture and the subsequent bankruptcy of the owner, Denbury Resources, which she said left hospitalized residents and little compensation. "We got lucky," Olson quoted Yazoo County emergency management director Jack Willingham…
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