Guidance for states and provinces on operational and postoperational liability in the regulation of carbon geologic storage

摘要

The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) Task Force on Carbon Geologic Storage (CGS) has produced reports that constitute IOGCC guidance to U.S. states and Canadian provinces on the formation of legal and regulatory frameworks for the storage of carbon dioxide (CO) in non-hydrocarbon-bearing geologic formations. This paper describes the latest effort of the Task Force focused on issues of liability in all phases of a CGS project and discusses liability broadly under federal, state or provincial, and common law from the perspective of the state or provincial regulator.