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LA HR240
Resolution
Status
5/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Charles Owen
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AI Summary
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Creates a special task force to evaluate whether government, industry, or academia has methods to accurately model the behavior of carbon dioxide injected into underground geological formations through Class VI injection wells
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Task force membership includes the chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment, secretaries of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources and Department of Environmental Quality, and the chair of the Louisiana Board of Regents (or their designees)
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Requires the task force to determine if a method exists that can predict CO2 behavior with 95% certainty across all soil types, rock, sediment, and subsurface layers where Class VI wells may be permitted
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If no adequate modeling method exists, the task force must establish a timeline for state scientific and higher education researchers to develop, beta test, and field test such a method, along with cost estimates for implementation
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Initial findings report due to the Speaker of the House of Representatives by July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Creates a special task force for the House of Representatives to work with the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Louisiana Board of Regents to assess the capacity of government, industry, and academia to model the behavior of geologically sequestered carbon dioxide and to develop a method, if necessary
ENERGY
Last Action
Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
6/11/2025