Senate Bill 831 Printer's Number 1793

PENNSYLVANIA, June 28 - and the subsurface property interest owners.

(4) TO OPERATE A CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROJECT UNDER THIS

SECTION, A STORAGE OPERATOR SHALL DESIGN THE CARBON

SEQUESTRATION PROJECT TO ISOLATE ANY EXISTING OR FUTURE

PRODUCTION FROM THE COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE MINERAL, INCLUDING

OF THE COAL, OR OIL AND GAS ESTATE, FROM THE CARBON DIOXIDE

PLUME AND SHALL INDICATE WHETHER THE STORAGE FACILITY

CONTAINS COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE MINERAL, INCLUDING THE COAL,

OR OIL AND GAS ESTATES, AND, IF IT DOES, A PERMIT MAY BE

ISSUED ONLY IF THE DEPARTMENT IS SATISFIED THAT THE INTERESTS

OF THE MINERAL, INCLUDING COAL, OR OIL AND GAS ESTATE, WILL

NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED AND THE SUBSURFACE PROPERTY

INTEREST OWNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE STORAGE OPERATOR.

IF A SUBSURFACE PROPERTY INTEREST OWNER IS A PRODUCER OF A

COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE MINERAL, INCLUDING COAL OR OIL AND GAS,

THE STORAGE OPERATOR SHALL NOTIFY THE SUBSURFACE PROPERTY

INTEREST OWNER IN WRITING AND SUBMIT A COPY OF THE NOTICE TO

THE DEPARTMENT. IF, UPON RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE, THE

SUBSURFACE PROPERTY INTEREST OWNER EXPRESSES AN OBJECTION TO

THE DEPARTMENT TO THE DESIGN OF THE CARBON SEQUESTRATION

PROJECT BASED ON THE POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECT TO A

COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE MINERAL, INCLUDING THE COAL OR OIL AND

GAS ESTATE, THE STORAGE OPERATOR SHALL ADDRESS THE OBJECTION

TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

Section 7. Ownership of material injected into storage

facilities and liability for holding interests

related to a storage facility or giving consent to

allow carbon sequestration activities.

(a) General rule.--All carbon dioxide, and other substances

injected incidental to the injection of carbon dioxide, injected

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