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Expanding CO2 Pipelines

MCLI Recommendation: “The federal government should develop a federal siting and permitting scheme for interstate CO2 pipelines under the jurisdiction of FERC, but provide interstate pipeline developers an opt-out option by which they would instead undergo a multistate or regional process.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress could create an investment tax credit for CO2 pipelines.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress could direct DOE to analyze whether existing oil and natural gas pipelines could be repurposed to transport captured CO2.”

LPDD Recommendation: “DOE could finance CO2 pipeline expansion.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States and/or regions could form and fund agencies akin to public utilities to conduct siting analyses, acquire property access rights, and otherwise coordinate and facilitate expansion of the CO2 pipeline network.”

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Example States and State Governments

South Dakota Rules Regarding Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

In 2009, HB 1129 authorized the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to regulate the integrity of CO2 pipelines used for transporting CO2 for enhanced oil recovery or geologic sequestration.
Resource Congress

Congressional Research Service Report, CO2 Pipelines for Carbon Sequestration

The Congressional Research Service’s 2008 report surveyed potential future CCS scenarios associated with decarbonizing the electric sector and determined that a dedicated interstate pipeline network w...
Resource Congress

Report, Designing an Effective Regulatory Structure for CO2 Pipelines

Monast’s 2008 report, From Carbon Capture to Storage: Designing an Effective Regulatory Structure for CO2 Pipelines, provides an overview of the federal pipeline regulatory structure and the challenge...
Resource States and State Governments

C2ES Rules for Carbon Transport and Storage Database

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions maintains a map-based database cataloging state level rules on carbon transport and storage.
Example States and State Governments

Texas Common Carrier Rules Regarding Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

Chapter 111 of the Texas Code authorizes owners and operators of CO2 pipelines to have common carrier status if they consent in writing to being subject to the common carrier requirements. These requi...
Example States and State Governments

New Mexico Eminent Domain Rules for Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

In New Mexico, carbon dioxide pipeline project sponsors have eminent domain authority. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 70-3-5 lays out the legislature’s standard. A 1984 Attorney General Opinion (146) suggested tha...
Resource Congress

Report, A Review of the CO2 Pipeline Infrastructure in the US

DOE’s 2015 report summarizes current and potential expansions to the CO2 pipeline network in the US, and provides an overview of permitting, regulation, and policies at the federal and state levels.
Resource Private Entities

Report, Technical and Economic Characteristic of a CO2 Transmission Pipeline Infrastructure

Serpa et al.’s 2011 report identifies the technical elements that comprise a CO2 pipeline network, provides an overview of equipment selection and design, and identifies the costs of designing and con...
Example States and State Governments

Kentucky Eminent Domain Rules for CO2 Pipelines

In 2011, SB 50 authorized the exercise of eminent domain authority for carbon dioxide pipelines which have received construction certificates from the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and S...
Resource States and State Governments

Report, A Policy, Legal, and Regulatory Evaluation of the Feasibility of a National Pipeline Infrastructure for the Transport and Storage of Carbon Dioxide

The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission’s 2010 report surveys possible future regulatory scenarios for carbon dioxide pipelines.
Example States and State Governments

North Dakota Common Carrier Rules for CO2 Pipelines

The N.D.C.C. § 49-19-01 et seq. identifies CO2 pipelines as eligible for common carrier status. CO2 transport pipeline owners and operators may apply for a right-of-way to construct pipelines over pub...
Resource States and State Governments

Report, From EOR to CCS

Marston and Moore’s 2008 report discusses state regulatory frameworks for carbon dioxide pipelines as currently exists to support the EOR industry. It identifies those aspects of the existing regulato...
Resource Private Entities

Report, An Engineering-Economic Model of Pipeline Transport of CO2 with Application to Carbon Capture and Storage

McCoy and Rubin’s 2008 report estimates total cost and the cost per ton of transporting varying amounts of CO2 over a range of distances for different regions of the continental United States. An engi...
Resource Congress

Model Legislation: The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Regulatory Act of 2010

The CCSReg Project’s model legislation on CCS aimed to establish a comprehensive system for the safe and effective transport and geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide. It addresses siting and const...
Resource Congress

Report, Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Regulation

Nordhaus and Pitlick’s 2009 report in The Energy Law Journal suggests a regulatory framework to better support construction of the new CO2 pipeline infrastructure necessary for widespread deployment o...
Example States and State Governments

Louisiana statute permitting eminent domain for CO2 pipelines

In 2009, HB 661 authorized parties injecting CO2 for geologic storage projects approved by the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation to expropriate surface rights and other property interests to buil...
Example States and State Governments

Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative

The Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative is a proposal that would designate approximately 1,150 miles of BLM-managed lands in Wyoming for CO2 pipelines. The WPCI proposal designates a statewide pipeli...
Example States and State Governments

Wyoming Eminent Domain Rules for CO2 Pipelines

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-26-814 holds that CO2 pipeline companies may exercise eminent domain authority to obtain easements required for constructing, operating, and maintaining their pipelines.
Example States and State Governments

Illinois Eminent Domain Rules for CO2 Pipelines

In 2011, SB 1821 identified procedures for the Illinois Commerce Commission to authorize the construction of carbon dioxide pipelines, including through the exercise of eminent domain authority to acq...