CCS Policy andPublic Perceptions:United StatesSallie E. GreenbergIllinois State Geological SurveyMidwest Geological Sequestration Consortium12 June 2009UCL Carbon Capture & Storage Public Perception &Law

Overview

Climate change policy Multiple fronts

U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Stimulus Bill States

Multiple perspectives Public Government Science Industry

Federal Policies

Carbon Capture and Storage EarlyDeployment Act (H.R. 1689/Boucher)

The American Clean Energy and SecurityAct of 2009 (H.R. 2454/Waxman-Markey)

Department of Energy Carbon Captureand Sequestration Program AmendmentsAct of 2009 (S. 1013)

State Approach

Address specific issues Policy focus on specific barriers

Pore space ownership Liability for stored CO2

Regulatory oversight

Wyoming Texas Pennsylvania

State Policies Texas (SB 1387)

Requiring/authorizing Texas Railroad Commission to regulatecarbon sequestration

Clarifies ownership of CO2

Creates long-term stewardship fund

Calls for further studies

Wyoming (HB 89 and HB 90) Pore space ownership

Regulation of carbon sequestration with Department ofEnvironmental Quality

Pennsylvania (Act 129, HB 80, SB 92) State-managed carbon storage site

Advanced coal combustion with limited carbon emissions

Public Focus

Economy Housing market Health care Drinking water quality

Environment Increased number think global warming exaggerated

(Gallup Poll 2009) 53% believe global warming effects have begun

(down 3% from 2008)

Public Perception and Policy

Role of public participation is non-uniform

Rapid changes in efforts to increaseawareness

Little to no information on effectiveness

Significant efforts underway to influencepublic perceptions

CCS tied to coal usage and energy issues

What does $80m in advertising buy?

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U.S. CCS Projects U.S. Department of Energy Regional

Sequestration Program

10 Site characterization projects ($5 millioneach)

FutureGen revisited

Industry early movers Increasing inquiries

Increasing call for

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Project Injection Schedule

Injection Complete

2009 Injection

Ongoing Injection

Phase II and Phase III combined

The Illinois Basin – Decatur Project MGSC

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)

Schlumberger CarbonServices

Inject 1 million metric tons ofcarbon dioxide at a depth of7,500 +/- ft

Injection period 3 years

Post-closure monitoring 2years

On-going monitoring,verification, and accounting(MVA)

Summary

Significant work being done to understandbarriers to implementation

Multiple bills pending to address issues

One bill

Multiple bills addressing specific issues

State and Federal policies in progress

Demonstration projects moving forward

Much progress – more work to do!