Loading chat...
KY SB210
Bill
Status
2/18/2026
Primary Sponsor
Brandon Smith
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for underground carbon dioxide sequestration facilities in Kentucky, designating the Energy and Environment Cabinet as the responsible agency for permitting and oversight of Class VI injection wells
-
Requires sequestration operators to obtain written consent from owners of at least 75% of pore space acreage, with the cabinet authorized to issue pooling orders for the remaining 25% of nonconsenting, unknown, or missing owners who must receive just compensation
-
Creates two state funds: a Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Facility Administrative Fund for permit processing and regulatory costs, and a Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Facility Trust Fund for long-term monitoring, emergency response, and post-closure management
-
Transfers ownership of stored carbon dioxide to the Commonwealth after issuance of a completion certificate (available 50 years after injection ends or at another approved timeframe), releasing operators from regulatory liability while the state assumes long-term monitoring responsibility
-
Repeals existing KRS sections 353.800-353.812 governing geologic storage of carbon dioxide and replaces them with 24 new sections containing detailed requirements for financial responsibility, public notice, enforcement, property rights protection, and coordination with federal EPA Class VI well standards
Legislative Description
AN ACT relating to geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.
Minerals and Mining
Last Action
to Committee on Committees (S)
2/18/2026