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DATE OF REPORT: August 8, 2010
JURISDICTION: United States - Wyoming
TYPE OF INCENTIVE: 4. Other - Ownership of stored carbon dioxide
CITATION: HB 58
STATUS: Enacted
TIME FRAME Start: July 1, 2009
TIME FRAME End:
DESCRIPTION:
HB 58 clarifies the ownership and liability of sequestered carbon dioxide. It directs that whoever injects carbon dioxide underground is legally responsible for it, which means that they owner of the pore space will not be liable if the owner is different from the injector of the carbon dioxide.
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LINKS AND CONTACTS: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2009/Bills/HB0058.pdf