Louisiana Carbon Capture Legislation Update – Environmental Law

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The Louisiana House Committee is scheduled to hear multiple
bills concerning Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) this Thursday,
April 4. Among them, five bills aim to regulate or restrict CCS
activities and will be heard by the House Natural Resources &
Environment Committee at 9 A.M. The proposed legislation covers a
range of issues, from requiring CCS projects to comply with local
ordinances to placing moratoriums on certain areas and imposing
additional requirements on CCS projects.

Here’s a brief overview of each bill:

• HB 276 (Carter), requires that CCS projects comply with local
  land use and zoning ordinances.




• HB 280 (Coates), prohibits the permitting of any structures
  which protrude above the surface of Lake Maurepas and Lake
  Ponchartrain.




• HB 289 (Mack), prohibits Class VI injection wells in Caney
  Lake, Lake Maurepas, Lake Ponchartrain and Toledo Bend
  Reservoir.




• HB 389 (Mack), places a moratorium on CCS below Lake Maurepas
  and the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area.




• HB 516 (Mack), imposes additional requirements and restrictions
  on CCS projects, including emergency response plans, community
  notification systems, maps of CCS facilities, locations of CCS
  facilities, and groundwater monitoring.

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