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The agency’s actions have significant implications for the domestic carbon capture and storage industry.

By Joshua T. Bledsoe, Nikki Buffa, Jennifer K. Roy, Nolan Fargo, and Samantha Yeager

In the same week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took two rulemaking actions with significant implications for the domestic carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry. On September 12, 2025, EPA proposed repealing the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHG Reporting Program), under which CCS projects report their emissions…

Environmental Protectioin Agency EPA Washington DC

The proposal could accelerate the permitting process for projects in the state, including carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

By Joshua T. Bledsoe, Nikki Buffa, Jennifer K. Roy, and Samantha Yeager

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a significant regulatory change that could expedite permitting for Underground Injection Control (UIC) wells in Arizona. A proposed rule published on May 19, 2025, would grant the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) primary enforcement authority, or “primacy,”…

The guidance sends a signal that carbon capture and sequestration remains a focus of the current administration’s decarbonization efforts.

By Janice Schneider, Nikki Buffa, Josh Bledsoe, Nathaniel Glynn, and Kevin Homrighausen

On June 8, 2022, the US Department of the Interior’s (Interior) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued new guidance[1] that outlines the use of federal public lands for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2). This widely anticipated guidance updates previous interim guidance on exploration and site characterization for CO2 sequestration that BLM issued in 2012.