West Virginia Code
Article 11B. Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage
§22-11B-17. Determining Storage Amounts, Carbon Credits, Fee

(a) The secretary, under procedures and criteria developed by legislative rule, shall determine the amount of injected carbon dioxide stored in a reservoir that has been or is being used for an enhanced oil or gas recovery project. The secretary may also make such a determination for carbon dioxide stored under this article.
(b) The storage amounts determined by the secretary under subsection (a) of this section may be used for such matters as establishing the amounts of carbon credits, allowances, trading, emissions allocations, and offsets, and for other similar purposes.
(c) The secretary may charge a reasonable fee to the person requesting a storage determination. The fee shall be set by legislative rule.
(d) Fees the secretary receives for storage determinations shall be deposited into the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Administrative Fund.

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West Virginia Code

Chapter 22. Environmental Resources

Article 11B. Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage

§22-11B-1. Statement of Purpose

§22-11B-2. Definitions

§22-11B-3. Prohibition of Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Without a Permit; Injection of Carbon Dioxide for the Purpose of Enhancing the Recovery of Oil or Other Minerals Not Subject to the Provisions of This Article

§22-11B-4. Permit Application Requirements and Contents; Application Fee, Required Findings, and Rulemaking

§22-11B-5. Public Participation in Permit Process, Notices, Public Hearing

§22-11B-6. Permit and Order Provisions; Identification of Agent

§22-11B-7. Additional Rulemaking Authority

§22-11B-8. Environmental Protection, Other Law

§22-11B-9. Oil, Natural Gas and Coalbed Methane Activities at Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Sites; Extraction of Sequestered Carbon Dioxide

§22-11B-10. Cooperative Agreements

§22-11B-11. Ownership of Carbon Dioxide

§22-11B-12. Certificate of Project Completion, Release, Transfer of Title and Custody, Filing

§22-11B-13. Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Administrative Fund

§22-11B-14. Application Fee, Deposit, Use in Cooperative Regulatory Functions

§22-11B-15. Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Trust Fund

§22-11B-16. Operation Fee, Use, Report to Legislature

§22-11B-17. Determining Storage Amounts, Carbon Credits, Fee

§22-11B-18. Subsurface Pore Space or Container Space

§22-11B-19. Co-Tenants, Ownership of Pore Space by Multiple Co-Tenants and Collective Storage

§22-11B-20. Funds to Be Held in Trust for Unknown or Unlocatable Owners

§22-11B-21. Judicial Review