Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 31, 2008 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-343.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 7, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a competitive grant program to provide assistance to at least three, but not more than five, eight-year commercial demonstration projects to demonstrate the long-term effects of sequestration of carbon dioxide in deep geological formations, of which: (1) not fewer than two shall be conducted in deep saline aquifers; and (2) the remainder may be conducted in saline aquifers combined with storage in established oil or gas fields.
Requires the Secretary to establish a competitive grant program to provide grants to at least three, but not more than five, commercial demonstration projects for the capture of carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Establishes an interagency task force composed of the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Secretary of the Interior to develop regulations providing guidelines and practices for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide.
Requires the Director of the Office of Science to carry out a program for the research and development of potential technologies and approaches for the capture of carbon dioxide. Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program for the research and development of carbon dioxide storage technologies; and (2) develop recommendations for optimal carbon dioxide storage features, practices, and conditions.
Requires the Secretary to complete a national carbon dioxide storage capacity assessment.
Requires the Secretary to offer to enter into agreements with China and India and any other country that is heavily dependent on coal-fired power plants for electricity generation to pursue technology-sharing agreements with respect to carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 13, 2007 to Feb 25, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Nov 13, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Arlen Specter | Feb 25, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-343.
- Nov 7, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Nov 7, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative procedure
- Aquifers
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide
- China
- Coal
- East Asia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power production
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental research
- Environmental technology
- Geology
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- India
- Law
- Natural gas
- Oil well drilling
- Research and development
- Saline waters
- Science, Technology, Communications
- South Asia
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2007Introduced in Senate
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