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2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 840
BY REPRESENTATIVE FARNUM
ENERGY: Estalishes notice and public hearing requirements prior to issuance of orders,
permits, or certificates for carbon dioxide sequestration
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 30:1105(B), (C), and (D) and 1107(A)(1), (B)(introductory
3 paragraph), and (D), and to enact R.S. 30:1105(E), relative to notice and public
4 hearings; to require public comments be received in parishes affected by carbon
5 capture operations prior to issuance of any order, permit, or certificate; to add a
6 notice and opportunity for public comments prior to the issuance of certificates of
7 public convenience and necessity; and to provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 30:1105(B), (C), and (D) and 1107(A)(1), (B)(introductory
10 paragraph), and (D) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 30:1105(E) is hereby
11 amended and reenacted to read as follows:
12 §1105. Hearings; notice; public records
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14 B.(1) In addition to the requirements contained in Subsection A of this
15 Section, no order, permit, or certificate shall be issued by the secretary under this
16 Chapter without first providing notice to the governing authority of any parish
17 affected and a public hearing is conducted to receive public comments. Notice may
18 be made by electronic mail to the parish president, police jury president, or
19 mayor-president, depending on the form of parish government.
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1 (2) A hearing to receive public comment shall be held in every parish in
2 which a pipeline for the transport of carbon dioxide is to be constructed.
3 B. C. All rules, regulations, and orders made by the commissioner secretary
4 under this Chapter shall be in writing and shall be entered in full by him in a book
5 kept for that purpose. This book shall be a public record and shall be open for
6 inspection at all times during reasonable office hours and shall be available on the
7 Department of Conservation and Energy website. A copy of a rule, regulation, or
8 order certified by the commissioner secretary shall be received in evidence in all
9 courts of this state with the same effect as the original.
10 C. D. Any interested person has the right to have the commissioner secretary
11 call a hearing for the purpose of taking action in respect to a matter within the
12 jurisdiction of the commissioner secretary as provided in this Section Chapter by
13 making a request therefor in writing and paying the hearing fee set by the
14 commissioner secretary, as provided by law for a hearing conducted pursuant to R.S.
15 30:6. Upon receiving the request and payment of the required fees the commissioner
16 secretary shall promptly call a hearing. After the hearing and with all convenient
17 speed and within thirty days after the conclusion of the hearing, the commissioner
18 secretary shall take whatever action he deems appropriate with regard to the subject
19 matter.
20 D. E. The commissioner secretary shall give substantial consideration to
21 local government comments, oral or written, when determining the appropriate
22 course of action to take in any matter requiring a public comment period or public
23 hearing pursuant to this Chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this Chapter.
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25 §1107. Certificates of public convenience and necessity; certificate of completion
26 of injection operations
27 A.(1) The secretary shall issue a certificate of public convenience and
28 necessity or a certificate of completion of injection operations to each person
29 applying therefor if, after notice is given and a public hearing is held pursuant to the
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1 provisions of R.S. 30:6 R.S. 30:1105 held in the parish where the storage facility is
2 to be located, the secretary determines that it is required by the present or future
3 public convenience and necessity, and such decision is based upon the following
4 criteria:
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6 B. The secretary may issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity
7 to a transporter of carbon dioxide applying therefor, whether or not such transporter
8 is also the storage operator, for the laying, maintaining, and operating of a pipeline
9 for the transportation of carbon dioxide to a storage facility, and such rights
10 necessary and incidental thereto if, after notice and opportunity for a public hearing
11 pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 30:6 R.S. 30:1105, the secretary determines that
12 it is or will be in the present or future public interest to do so and finds one of the
13 following:
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15 D. The secretary shall issue a certificate of completion of injection
16 operations to the operator applying therefor if, after notice and opportunity for a
17 public hearing pursuant to R.S. 30:6 R.S. 30:1105, it is determined that such operator
18 has met all of the conditions required for such certificate, including the requirements
19 of R.S. 30:1109.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 840 Original 2026 Regular Session Farnum
Abstract: Requires a hearing be held to receive public comments in parishes affected by
carbon capture operations prior to issuance of any order, permit, or certificate. Adds
a requirement for notice and opportunity for public comments prior to the issuance
of certificates of public convenience and necessity.
Present law requires notice and public hearings mandated under present law (Chapter 11)
to be conducted according to present law (R.S. 30:6) which provides the opportunity for
specific parties of interest to participate in public hearings and notice to be provided to
parishes affected.
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Proposed law adds a requirement for a public hearing opportunity to receive public comment
from all interested parties within the parishes affected.
Proposed law requires that a hearing for public comment be held in every parish in which
a pipeline for the transport of carbon dioxide will be constructed.
Present law requires that notice and opportunity for a hearing under present law (R.S. 30:6)
be provided prior to issuance by the secretary of a certificate of public convenience and
necessity.
Proposed law adds the requirement for a public hearing opportunity to receive public
comment from all interested parties within the parishes affected be provided prior to
issuance by the secretary of a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Present law requires that notice and opportunity for a hearing under present law (R.S. 30:6)
be provided prior to issuance by the secretary of a certificate of completion of injection
operations.
Proposed law adds the requirement for a public hearing opportunity to receive public
comment from all interested parties within the parishes affected be provided prior to
issuance by the secretary of a certificate of completion of injection operations.
(Amends R.S. 30:1105(B), (C), and (D) and 1107(A)(1), (B)(intro. para.), and (D); Adds
R.S. 30:1105(E))
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