House
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682
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
682
BY
ISENHART
,
BAETH
,
and
KURTH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
liquefied
carbon
pipeline
project
1
requirements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
479B.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
A
pipeline
company
doing
business
in
this
state
shall
3
file
a
verified
petition
with
the
board
asking
for
a
permit
to
4
construct,
maintain,
and
operate
a
new
pipeline
along,
over,
5
or
across
the
public
or
private
highways,
grounds,
waters,
6
and
streams
of
any
kind
in
this
state.
Any
pipeline
company
7
now
owning
or
operating
a
pipeline
or
underground
storage
8
facility
in
this
state
shall
be
issued
a
permit
by
the
board
9
upon
supplying
the
information
as
provided
for
in
section
10
479B.5,
subsections
1
through
5
,
and
meeting
the
requirements
11
of
section
479B.13
and
this
section
.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
479B.4,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
13
following
new
subsections:
14
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
15
of
this
chapter,
a
pipeline
company
filing
a
petition
with
16
the
board
for
a
permit
to
construct
a
carbon
capture
pipeline
17
project
shall
not
be
approved
unless
the
company
certifies
to
18
the
board
the
intent
to
do
all
of
the
following:
19
a.
Maintaining
transported
gases
permanently
sequestered
20
underground.
21
b.
Permanently
restoring
wetlands,
woodlands,
prairie,
22
rivers,
streams,
and
other
natural
resources
damaged
as
a
23
result
of
pipeline
construction,
operation,
or
abandonment.
24
c.
Restoring
farmland
productivity
disturbed
as
a
result
of
25
pipeline
construction,
operation,
or
abandonment.
26
d.
Adhering
to
relevant
health
and
safety
provisions
adopted
27
by
a
state
agency.
28
e.
Adhering
to
setback
requirements
and
related
safety
29
provisions
in
local
ordinances
adopted
by
the
board
of
30
supervisors
of
counties
in
which
the
company
is
installing
the
31
pipeline
project.
32
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
A
pipeline
company
seeking
to
transport
33
liquefied
carbon
dioxide
shall
demonstrate
by
clear
and
34
convincing
evidence
before
board
approval
of
a
permit
pursuant
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to
this
chapter
that
the
project
shall
result
in
significant
1
net
life
cycle
reduction
in
atmospheric
carbon
dioxide,
2
pursuant
to
a
state
climate
action
plan
adopted
by
the
general
3
assembly.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
relates
to
liquefied
carbon
capture
pipeline
8
approved
requirements.
9
The
bill
provides
that
in
an
application
for
a
permit
to
10
construct
a
carbon
capture
pipeline,
a
pipeline
company
shall
11
certify
the
intent
to
comply
with
certain
requirements
prior
12
to
approval
by
the
Iowa
utilities
board.
The
bill
requires
a
13
pipeline
company
to
permanently
sequester
transported
gases,
14
restore
damage
to
natural
areas
and
farmland
as
a
result
15
of
pipeline
activity,
and
adhere
to
state
and
local
health
16
ordinances.
Before
the
Iowa
utilities
board
issues
a
permit
17
for
pipeline
construction,
a
pipeline
company
shall
demonstrate
18
by
clear
and
convincing
evidence
that
the
project
will
result
19
in
a
significant
reduction
in
atmospheric
carbon,
pursuant
to
a
20
state
climate
action
plan.
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