West Virginia Code
Article 11B. Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage
§22-11B-7. Additional Rulemaking Authority

In addition to the rules specified in 22-11B-4 of this code, the secretary and the commission may promulgate such emergency, interpretive, legislative, and procedural rules, pursuant to the provisions of 29A-3-1 et seq. of this code, useful or necessary to carry out the requirements of this article, including, but not limited to:
(1) The issuance of Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Completion Certificates;
(2) The administration of the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Administrative Fund and the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Trust Fund;
(3) The issuance of determinations of the amounts of carbon dioxide stored pursuant to individual underground injection control permits issued for that purpose, based upon requests for storage determination;
(4) The issuance of orders allowing for seismic studies and other steps to explore for suitable locations of carbon dioxide geologic storage; and
(5) The issuance of collective storage orders as a part of the development of a proposed carbon dioxide sequestration project.

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