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Committee approves bill to let DNR seek EPA primacy for carbon sequestration permitting and modernize billing
Summary
House Bill 1368 directs the Department of Natural Resources to standardize utility billing for DNR properties and establishes language enabling Indiana to seek EPA class‑6 primacy to administer geologic carbon sequestration permitting; the committee passed the amended bill 10–2 after technical tweaks requested by EPA were added.
House Bill 1368 has two distinct components: administrative billing changes for Department of Natural Resources properties and a statutory framework to seek EPA 'class 6' primacy over geologic carbon dioxide storage permitting in Indiana.
Stephanie Flitner, general counsel for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, told the committee the bill standardizes utility payment options (allowing ACH and wire transfers and a single consolidated invoice per DNR property) to reduce lost or unpaid invoices and taxpayer costs. The bill’s larger and more contested portion…
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