Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Climate change is causing historic droughts, devastating wildfires, storms, extreme heat, the death of millions of trees, billions of dollars in property damage, and is threatening human health and food supplies. (b) Ca…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Natural and working lands-based carbon sequestration” means sustainable resource management practices, changes in land use, preservation of natural resources, fuel reduction or prescribed fire activities, and oth…

(a) No later than July 1, 2023, the Natural Resources Agency, in coordination with the California Environmental Protection Agency, the state board, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and other relevant state agencies, shall establish the Natural and Working Lands Climate Sma…

(a) No later than July 1, 2023, the Natural Resources Agency shall establish and maintain a registry called the California Carbon Sequestration and Climate Resiliency Project Registry for purposes of identifying and listing projects in the state that drive climate action on the s…

Beginning on the date the registry is established pursuant to Section 39740.3, projects that have applied for funding from one of the state programs funded from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, or any state program that funds natural and working lands-based carbon sequestration…

(a) The Natural Resources Agency, in collaboration with relevant state agencies and in consultation with diverse stakeholders, may create an application process for applicants to have their projects located in the state listed on the registry. The Natural Resources Agency shall e…

If a state or private entity contacts the Natural Resources Agency and chooses to fund a project on the registry, the Natural Resources Agency shall establish a mechanism for retiring the listing of a project from the registry once it is funded and tracking the outcome of the pro…

(a) The Natural Resources Agency shall track carbon removal and greenhouse gas emission reduction benefits derived from projects funded through the registry. (b) Projects listed on the registry shall not create credits for the purposes of market-based compliance mechanisms develo…

The Natural Resources Agency may contract with a third-party organization to develop and operate the registry.

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project” means a carbon dioxide capture project, a carbon dioxide removal project, or a sequestration project that seeks to provide for the long-term isolation of…

(a) The state board shall establish a Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program to do all of the following: (1) Evaluate the efficacy, safety, and viability of CCUS and CDR technologies and facilitate the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide from these tech…

(a) In furtherance of the objectives in Section 39741.1, on or before January 1, 2025, the state board shall, in consultation with relevant state and local agencies, adopt regulations for a unified permit application for the construction and operation of carbon dioxide capture, r…

In furtherance of the objectives in Section 39741.1, by January 1, 2025, the state board shall develop a centralized public database to track the deployment of CCUS and CDR technologies and the development of carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration projects throughout t…

In furtherance of the objectives in Section 39741.1, by January 1, 2024, the state board may adopt protocols to support additional methods of utilization or storage of captured carbon dioxide, including carbon capture for use in products and in methods as identified by the state …

In furtherance of the objectives in Section 39741.1, the state board shall, no later than January 1, 2025, and consistent with Section 71464 of the Public Resources Code, adopt regulations for financial responsibility for carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project …

To be recognized by the state board for a requirement adopted pursuant to Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500), carbon dioxide transported by pipeline shall be transported only using pipelines that meet or exceed the standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant t…