1.    This chapter does not apply to applications filed with the commission proposing to use carbon dioxide for an enhanced oil or gas recovery project, rather such applications will be processed under chapter 38-08.

2.    The commission may allow an enhanced oil or gas recovery project to be converted to a storage facility. In considering whether to approve a conversion, and upon conversion, the provisions of this chapter and its implementing rules apply, but if during the conversion process unique circumstances arise, the commission, to better ensure that the chapter’s objectives are fulfilled, may waive such provisions and may impose additional ones.