EPA MULLS ISSUES AFFECTING WELL PERMIT SCHEME FOR UNDERGROUND CO2

EPA is weighing several factors in deciding how it might use a current regulatory system for underground injection wells to regulate underground carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration to address climate change, including whether large quantities of the gas and long storage times make the most stringent well permitting requirements inappropriate, according to an EPA official working on the issue. Bruce Kobelski of EPA's water office said at a recent conference that EPA faces several questions in deciding how to regulate the...