BY: ZACH BRIGHT
05/01/2023 06:52 AM EDT
ENERGYWIRE | EPA has advanced Louisiana’s bid to oversee carbon dioxide injection wells, proposing a rule that would grant the state’s request for so-called primacy.
If finalized, the rule would make Louisiana the third state — after North Dakota and Wyoming — to gain primary enforcement authority over its Class VI wells. The wells are used to inject captured carbon dioxide underground for long-term storage.
EPA Region 6, which covers the southern-central region of the U.S., announced Friday that the proposed rule would be open for public comment for 60 days, after which the agency will make a decision. The move follows expectations that the Biden administration will propose pollution limits on power plants that will likely require carbon capture technology to meet.
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