LA HB691

Civil penalties for violations of underground injection control requirements increase from $5,000 to $200,000 per day per violation

Class VI well operators must report within 24 hours any equipment malfunction that could lead to CO2 release or any actual release of stored carbon dioxide

Incident reports must include precise location, description and cause, risks to public health/water/land stability, mitigation steps taken, and corrective action timeline

Operators must disclose required reports to emergency response teams, local law enforcement, local governing officials, and the general public via press release; the department must publish all reports on its website

Failure to comply with reporting or recordkeeping requirements subjects storage operators to the same civil penalty remedies (up to $200,000/day)