Kentucky House Bill 491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-03-02 - posted in committee
Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 353 declaring carbon dioxide management and storage to be important goals; declare certain geologic strata to be the property of the Commonwealth; direct the Division of Oil and Gas Conservation to develop a regulatory plan for development of geologic carbon dioxide storage including condemnation powers; provide minimum requirements for permitting; create an assessment against carbon dioxide generators per ton of carbon dioxide stored; direct the secretary of the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to negotiate with bordering states to resolve issues of geologic carbon storage; create the Kentucky Carbon Storage Authority to take ownership of closed and stable carbon storage facilities; create the Kentucky carbon storage fund for management and liability of closed carbon storage facilities; create mechanism for assessment fee to be adjusted.

AN ACT relating to carbon management and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-02		posted in committee
2010-02-24		to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
2010-02-23		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB491.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB491/bill.doc