Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funding for state carbon capture projects in Pennsylvania.

Highlights:

• Appropriates funding for state carbon sequestration capture projects in Pennsylvania and lays out a framework for regulation of underground wells that store carbon dioxide, which is a critical component of carbon capture and removal technology (Sec. 2-11).

• Defines “carbon sequestration” as the underground storage of carbon dioxide in a reservoir and “carbon sequestration project” as a project that involves the underground storage of carbon dioxide in a reservoir pursuant to at least one UIC Class VI permit (Sec. 2-11).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 12).

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