U.S. EPA Adds Requirements for Carbon Sequestration Facilities

The Climate Report - Winter 2011

U.S. EPA has imposed new requirements on facilities where carbon dioxide is injected and sequestered underground. On December 1, 2010, EPA finalized a rule subjecting carbon sequestration operations to its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which will require such facilities to report basic information on carbon dioxide received for injection and the amount of carbon sequestered at the site; develop and implement a site-specific monitoring, reporting, and verification plan; and conduct annual monitoring activities. The rule does not require covered facilities to report carbon dioxide emissions from the facilities. Affected sources must submit their first annual report to EPA by March 31, 2012.