EPA to develop rules for storing CO2 emissions - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

EPA to develop rules for storing CO2 emissions
Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:49pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection
Agency on Thursday said it will develop new rules
governing how coal-fired power plants and other
industrial facilities sock away heat-trapping carbon
dioxide gas in underground reservoirs.

Burying CO2 in underground reservoirs is not commercially
available yet, but has emerged as one possible way to
slow global warming's potentially catastrophic results
including flooding, heat waves and severe storms.

The EPA said in a statement it will propose regulations
next summer to "ensure there is a consistent and
effective permit system under the Safe Drinking Water
Act for commercial-scale geologic sequestration programs
to help reduce the effects of climate change."

The gas could be captured at power plants that burn
fossil fuels, including coal, the heaviest carbon dioxide
emitter. About a third of U.S. CO2 emissions come from
power plants and other large industrial sources.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN1143519420071011