02/15/2012
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"Do you think Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act provides you the necessary authority to issue permits then for long-term commercial-scale carbon storage facilities?"
"Finally, Alstom also sees Senate Bill 1856 sponsored by Senator Barrosso as addressing an important prerequisite for making CCS a commercial reality."
"we support Senator Barraso's efforts to accomplish a similar purpose for federally owned pore space on federal land."
"Senator Barrasso's bill reduces one item of risk by explicitly reinforcing on public lands the common-law precedent that a storage space belongs to surface estate."