| Description:
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Report on human health and environmental impacts of constructing, operating and maintaining carbon dioxide pipelines including:
(1) geographic areas that, due to geology or environmental sensitivity, are unsuitable to construct and operate carbon dioxide pipelines;
(2) amount of energy and water to operate equipment used to capture carbon dioxide transported in a pipeline;
(3) potential human and environmental impacts of a carbon dioxide pipeline leak or rupture;
(4) measures to mitigate the impact of a carbon dioxide pipeline leak or rupture;
(5) long-term impacts of pipeline construction on wetlands, soils, crops, and other vegetation;
(6) lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from carbon dioxide pipelines; greenhouse gas emissions from extracting incremental oil or gas supplies from underground reservoirs; and the degree to which any emission reductions are verifiable; and
(7) recommendations for a regulations to site, operate, maintain, and abandon carbon dioxide pipelines
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| Committee/Agency Jurisdiction:
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Energy Policy
Environmental Policy
Public Utilities Commission
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| Note:
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Report is to be completed by an independent third party. The Public Utilities Commission may consult with the Minn. Environmental Quality Board when selecting the contractor to conduct the study.
The Public Utilities Commission must consider the report's findings and recommendations when issuing siting permits for carbon dioxide pipelines.
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