West Virginia Code 22-11B-7 – Additional rulemaking authority
In addition to the rules specified in § 22-11B-4 of this code, the secretary and the commission may promulgate such emergency, interpretive, legislative, and procedural rules, pursuant to the provisions of § 29A-3-1 et seq. of this code, useful or necessary to carry out the requirements of this article, including, but not limited to:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 22-11B-7
- Carbon dioxide: means carbon dioxide produced by anthropogenic sources which is of such purity and quality that it will not compromise the safety of geologic storage and will not compromise those properties of a storage reservoir which allow the reservoir to effectively enclose and contain a stored gas. See West Virginia Code 22-11B-2
- carbon dioxide storage: means the injection of carbon dioxide and associated constituents into subsurface geologic reservoirs intended to provide for the long-term containment of a gaseous, liquid, or supercritical carbon dioxide stream in subsurface geologic formations and thereby prevent its release into the atmosphere. See West Virginia Code 22-11B-2
- Commission: means the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission established pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 22-11B-2
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. See West Virginia Code 22-11B-2
(1) The issuance of Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Completion Certificates;
(2) The administration of the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Administrative Fund and the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Trust Fund;
(3) The issuance of determinations of the amounts of carbon dioxide stored pursuant to individual underground injection control permits issued for that purpose, based upon requests for storage determination;
(4) The issuance of orders allowing for seismic studies and other steps to explore for suitable locations of carbon dioxide geologic storage; and
(5) The issuance of collective storage orders as a part of the development of a proposed carbon dioxide sequestration project.