2022 - Senate Bill 905 (Caballero, Anna), Carbon sequestration: Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program. (Chaptered)
Bill Number
SB 905
Legislative Session
2021-2022
Bill Information
Category
Climate Change
Status
Chaptered
Author
Caballero.Anna
Contact
Office of Legislative Affairs
Email
Summary
Requires CARB to create the Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program to evaluate, demonstrate, and regulate carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects and technology. The bill requires CARB, on or before January 1, 2025, to adopt regulations creating a unified State permitting application for approval of CCUS and CDR projects. The bill also requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to publish a framework for governing agreements for two or more tracts of land overlying the same geologic storage reservoir for the purposes of a carbon sequestration project.