Amendments to Geologic Sequestration Unitization
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Bill Summary - 24LSO-0072 Bill No.: HB0032 Effective: Immediately LSO No.: 24LSO-0072 Enrolled Act No.: HEA No. 0024 Chapter No.: 31 Prime Sponsor: Joint Minerals, Business & Economic Development Interim Committee Catch Title: Geologic sequestration-unitization amendments. Has Report: No Subject: Amending purposes, permits, and requirements for the unitization of geologic sequestration. Summary/Major Elements: Current law provides for a unitization (or pooling) order for the geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide. This act amends those purposes and requirements. The act eliminates provisions related to the issuance of draft sequestration permits by the Department of Environmental Quality and specifies that permits can be issued that authorize the construction of an injection well and sequestration. The act specifies that one of several purposes for geologic sequestration unitization is to facilitate the utilization of pore space for sequestration. The act amends requirements for the application for a unitization order from the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and amends the required findings that the Commission must make before approving a unitization application. This act amends requirements for notice that must be given to adjacent landowners and pore space owners whose pore space may be included in a unit area under a unitization order. The act clarifies that unitization orders cannot diminish the dominance of a mineral estate and cannot prohibit a mineral owner from developing the owner's minerals. This act authorizes the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to promulgate necessary rules to implement this act. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
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The lawmaker supports the amendment to ensure statutes maintain that mineral estates remain dominant and do not prohibit owners from developing minerals above or below sequestration zones.
Why they voted this way
The speaker supports the motion because the Senate amendments clarify distinctions between mineral, surface, and pore space ownership without significantly changing the bill.
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Why they voted this way
The lawmaker supports the bill because it protects private property owners by ensuring fair compensation for leasing underground storage space and clarifying regulatory processes.
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The amendment adds a new clause (m) to the bill, which clarifies that certain actions do not create liability for the state and do not affect mineral owners' rights.
The amendment removes an existing part of the bill and adds new rules about unitization orders that protect surface estate rights and mineral interest development.
The amendment removes previous amendments and adds new rules to ensure that orders for unitization do not grant surface rights, diminish mineral estate dominance, or prevent mineral owners from developing their minerals.