The White House Council on Environmental Quality today announced the members of the Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Federal Lands and Outer Continental Shelf Permitting Task Force. The 35-member Task Force includes representatives from industry (9), NGOs (8), state/local/tribal governments (10), federal agencies (6), and academia (2).
The Task Force, which will meet at least twice annually, is charged with identifying challenges and successes that permitting authorities, project developers, and operators face to permit CCUS projects in an efficient, orderly, and responsible manner, and providing recommendations to improve the permitting process and regional coordination for the development of CCUS projects and CO2 pipelines.
