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Colorado Underground Injection Control Program; Class VI Primacy
Jurisdiction countryUnited States
Instrument typepermitting-regulatory
Authoritygovernment
PathwaysDirect air capture, Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
Scopecarbon removal and point-source capture
Statusproposed
DetailEPA proposed rule (40 CFR part 147, Docket EPA-HQ-OW-2025-2829) proposing to approve the State of Colorado's application under Safe Drinking Water Act section 1422 for primary enforcement responsibility over Class VI injection wells used for geologic carbon sequestration, allowing Colorado's Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) to issue and enforce UIC Class VI permits for wells within t
Stated statusproposed
Pathway scopespecific
Pathway noteClass VI wells for 'geologic carbon sequestration' cover only injection-based storage pathways, not other CDR methods
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