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State regulator says carbon dioxide sequestration not allowed in salt caverns; Iberia Parish committee debates local moratorium
Summary
A Louisiana Department of Natural Resources representative told the Iberia Parish Council that Class VI carbon sequestration in salt caverns is prohibited and announced a Sept. 15 public hearing on Jefferson Island storage permit applications; council members debated a one-year local moratorium but removed the item after legal concerns about state preemption.
Patrick Courreg, a representative of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, told the Iberia Parish Council on Aug. 27 that permit applications for Jefferson Island Storage and Hub, LLC (permit numbers 26048, 26049, 45124 and 45125) will be considered at a public hearing on Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Delcom Shrimp Festival Building in Delcom.
Courreg described the state permitting and monitoring process for subsurface hydrocarbon storage and stressed operational safeguards: operators must continuously monitor pressure, run mechanical-integrity tests periodically and empty caverns for sonar inspections every 15 years. He said the…
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