EPA Provides Increased Transparency In Class VI Permitting Process; Now Incorporated In Update To Interactive CCUS State Tracker

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created a new website providing detailed status updates on Class VI permit applications pending before the agency. Class VI permits, a component of EPA's Underground Injection Control program, are required for most carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects to begin construction of a well(s) to inject carbon dioxide in deep subsurface formations where it will become permanently sequestered. EPA provides guidance on each phase of the permitting process and specific estimates for the 47 CCS projects that have submitted administratively complete Class VI permit applications. EPA also lists 11 projects with pending applications that are not yet administratively complete, for a total of 169 permit applications at 58 projects.