HLS 23RS-599 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 453
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ENERGY/CONSERVATI ON: Requires that carbon dioxide injected for geologic
sequestration using a Class VI injection well be transported to and sequestered in a
storage facility in the Gulf of Mexico
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 30:1112, relative to carbon dioxide sequestration; to provide for the location
3 of authorized storage facilities; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 30:1112 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง1112. Storage facility location
7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the use of a Class
8 VI injection well for the purposes of carbon dioxide sequestration shall only be
9 authorized or permitted within the state if the geologic formation or storage facility
10 into which carbon dioxide is injected, transported, and sequestered is located in or
11 beneath the Gulf of Mexico.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 453 Original 2023 Regular Session Mack
Abstract: Requires that carbon dioxide injected for geologic sequestration using a Class VI
injection well be transported to and sequestered in a storage facility in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Present law authorizes and provides for carbon dioxide sequestration in the state.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 23RS-599 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 453
Proposed law prohibits the use of a Class VI injection well for carbon dioxide sequestration
unless the carbon dioxide is to be injected, transported, and sequestered in the Gulf of
Mexico.
(Adds R.S. 30:1112)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.