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House Bill 1284 |
House Author: Paddie |
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Effective: 6-9-21 |
Senate Sponsor: Hancock et al. |
House Bill 1284 amends the Injection Well Act, Water Code, and the Texas Clean Air Act, Health and Safety Code, to expand the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) over the geologic storage and associated injection of anthropogenic carbon dioxide to include jurisdiction over any onshore and offshore injection and geologic storage of carbon dioxide in Texas. The bill prohibits the RRC from issuing a related permit for the conversion of a previously plugged and abandoned Class I injection well to a Class VI injection well and requires a permit applicant to submit with the application a letter of determination from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) concluding that drilling and operating an anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well for geologic storage or constructing or operating a geologic storage facility will not impact or interfere with any previous or existing Class I injection well or any other injection well authorized or permitted by TCEQ.
House Bill 1284, among other provisions, also amends the Natural Resources Code to authorize the use of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide storage trust fund by the RRC for the permitting of geologic storage facilities and associated anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection wells, provides for applicable funds and penalties to be deposited to the fund's credit, and amends the Tax Code to make conforming changes.