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Committee hears industry and technical support for state regulation of carbon-capture wells (HB 170)
Summary
At a second hearing on HB 170, industry groups and technical experts told the House Natural Resources Committee that statutory changes are needed for Ohio to seek Class 6 primacy for carbon capture and sequestration; witnesses discussed pore-space leases, a 70% consolidation threshold, 50-year post-closure monitoring, financial assurance funds, and potential regional economic benefits. Committee members pressed on safety, acreage, and local approval.
The House Natural Resources Committee held a second hearing on House Bill 170, which would add statutory and regulatory language to the Ohio Revised Code to enable the state to seek primacy over U.S. EPA Class 6 underground injection control wells for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).
Christina Polowalski of API Ohio told the committee HB 170 would create predictable state rules to streamline project development, mitigate environmental risks and build public confidence in CCS. "House Bill 170 would create some of the regulatory building blocks needed in the Ohio Revised Code to obtain primacy," she said, and identified provisions on surface-owner pore-space rights, notification to mineral owners, consolidation across property…
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