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SENATE BILL 625
M5, M3 (6lr3129)
ENROLLED BILL
— Education, Energy, and the Environment/Environment and Transportation —
Introduced by Senator Feldman
Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this
_______ day of _________ ______ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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President.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Carbon Removal Technology and Practices Dioxide Capture, Removal, and 2
Sequestration Projects – Regulations and Use of Funding Standards for Biochar 3
and Wood Vault Technologies 4
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, in 5
consultation with the Department of Agriculture, and adopt regulations and 6
standards governing the permitting of certain carbon removal technology and 7
practices dioxide capture, removal, and sequestration projects that utilize biochar or 8
wood vault technologies; requiring each State agency to use available funding sources 9
to fund carbon r emoval projects that utilize certain carbon removal technology and 10
practices; and generally relating to carbon removal technology and practices dioxide 11
capture, removal, and sequestration projects that utilize biochar or wood vault 12
technologies. 13
BY adding to 14
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Article – Environment 1
Section 2–1213 9–303.6 2
Annotated Code of Maryland 3
(2014 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 4
Preamble 5
WHEREAS, The current practice of applying solid waste regulations to the process 6
of carbon removal is unsuitable; now, therefore, 7
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 8
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 9
Article – Environment 10
2–1213 9–303.6. 11
(A) IN THIS SECTION , “CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTU RE, REMOVAL, OR 12
SEQUESTRATION PROJEC T” MEANS A PROJECT THAT PROVIDE S OR SEEKS TO 13
PROVIDE FOR THE LONG–TERM ISOLATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE THROUGH STORAGE 14
IN A GEOLOGIC FORMATION. 15
(B) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2028, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOP T 16
REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS GOVERNING THE PERMIT TING OF CARBON 17
REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICES THAT ARE C ERTIFIED BY AN 18
INTERNATIONALLY RECO GNIZED THIRD –PARTY CERTIFICATION BODY DIOXIDE 19
CAPTURE, REMOVAL, OR SEQUESTRATION PRO JECTS THAT UTILIZE BIOCHAR OR 20
WOOD VAULT TECHNOLOGIES. 21
(B) IN DEVELOPING THE REG ULATIONS AND STANDARDS UNDER 22
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION , THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONS ULT WITH THE 23
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 24
(B) EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL US E AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES TO 25
FUND CARBON REMOVAL PROJECTS THAT UTILIZE CARBON REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY 26
AND PRACTICE S THAT ARE CERTIFIED BY AN INTERNATIONALL Y RECOGNIZED 27
THIRD–PARTY CERTIFICATION BODY. 28
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 29
1, 2026. 30