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Senate committee advances bill to lift California moratorium on CO2 pipelines, directs state fire marshal to adopt safety standards
Summary
Assemblymember Petrie Norris, the bill’s author, told the California State Senate Committee on Governmental Organization that AB 881 would let California move forward on carbon capture and storage projects by directing the state fire marshal to build on recent federal draft pipeline-safety guidelines and permit the lifting of the state moratorium on new carbon dioxide pipelines.
Assemblymember Petrie Norris, the bill’s author, told the California State Senate Committee on Governmental Organization that AB 881 would let California move forward on carbon capture and storage projects by directing the state fire marshal to build on recent federal draft pipeline-safety guidelines and permit the lifting of the state moratorium on new carbon dioxide pipelines.
“AB 881 will leverage billions of dollars in federal support for carbon capture. It will help California meet our climate goals and it will create thousands of high road green jobs,” Assemblymember Petrie Norris said.
The bill responds to a moratorium the Legislature placed in SB 905 (2022), which halted the construction of new CO2 pipelines in California while the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) finalized safety standards. Petrie…
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