Environmentalists Seek Comprehensive DOI Rules For Offshore CCS

Environmental groups are pressing the Interior Department (DOI) to develop comprehensive regulations for offshore storage activities tied to carbon capture projects, though policymakers are still grappling with how to structure long-term liability requirements aimed at preventing leaks and other risks. The request, floated during an April 28 House hearing, come as DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management faces a November statutory deadline to complete rules governing offshore storage sites for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects that are likely to...