CARB’s CCUS Rule Input Request Might Further Delay Effort, Projects

A new request for stakeholder input by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regarding its slowly developing proposal to establish a landmark regulatory program for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects may heighten existing fears among industry and others that the initiative will only be further delayed. CARB on Aug. 25 issued an “information solicitation” to “advise implementation of the Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program,” which is required by the 2022 law SB 905. “This pre-rulemaking solicitation...