Happy Tuesday!
Did anyone see
The Houston Chronicle’s Business Section on January 2, 2024, they
reprinted an article from the Associated Press titled, “Louisiana now
can give OK to carbon capture”? In the
article, it speaks about how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
approved the State of Louisiana and its Department of Natural Resources –
Office of Conservation to administer the permits for carbon capture and sequestration
(CCS) projects. Louisiana, Wyoming, and
North Dakota are now the only three states to be able to approve CCS project’s
permits. For approval from the EPA, Louisiana’s
Office of Conservation must have the neighborhood/area the CCS project will
affect involvement in the process, and they must take into consideration the
environmental impacts on the neighborhood, and their permitting process needs
to adhere to the Safe Drinking Water Act
as part of their stipulations to be granted such responsibilities. Louisiana has already had around thirty
proposed CCS projects prior to them bring given this authority. This should make the CCS industry in Louisiana have a
head start now! If you would like to read
more of Associated Press’ article in Microsoft Start for free, please
click the link: Biden administration grants Louisiana power to approve carbon capture wells (msn.com).
Check out our
Blog on November 6, 2023, and see why the EPA is approving states to approve
their own CCS permits.
If you would
like help in looking into how to clean up your emissions and pollutants in the
transportation of your liquid product, contact us via the email in the blog and
check out our ESC's website!
We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great week! Keep Warm!
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Press’ article. **