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Nebraska lawmakers looking at carbon sequestration

Nebraska could be the next state to allow ethanol plants to sequester carbon

Norfolk State Senator Mike Flood says his bill would help ethanol plants to lower carbon dioxide emissions while increasing Nebraska’s market share for low-carbon products. “Nebraska agriculture has to look at different ways we can add value to our product and if we can reduce our carbon footprint, produce quality, renewable fuels like ethanol and sell them and have it be more attractive then our neighboring states, than that’s something we should absolutely do,” he said.

LB650 would allow geologic storage only if a storage operator obtains a permit from both the commission and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Underground Injection Control program.

Before the commission issues a permit, it would hold a public hearing and consult with the state Department of Environment and Energy and the federal permitting authority.

He tells Brownfield ethanol plants would capture carbon by using an injector well. “And to put that three to five thousand feet below the surface and safely sequester it in that area of the earth north of the rock formations and the sedimentary formation and safely keep it there.”

Lawmakers recently have advanced the bill to a second reading.

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