Logan County to consider carbon dioxide ground storage

 

[October 01, 2022] 

At the board workshop, representatives of Navigator Heartland Greenway, LLC who are interested in developing a Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) system in the county, spoke to the board about their plans.

The company has been developing a project and shared details with the board earlier in the summer. This type of project would capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions industrial facilities produce and emit. While being captured the CO2 is compressed into liquid. The CO2 would then be transported to a storage site where it would be injected a mile underground between rock.

Board members had questions and concerns about issues like financial bonding, effects on water quality, safety and monitoring.

The representatives said they would secure bonding before permitting to cover any liability.

As far as impacts on water, the representatives said in one project that has been going on for 11 years, there has been no change in water quality.

The company monitors the pipelines to check the concentration levels. This monitoring helps protect people’s safety. If there is a problem, they would know within thirty minutes. The company will share more project details at an upcoming Logan County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) public hearing.
 

The ZBA will hold the public hearing on Tuesday, October 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Orr Building, 628 Broadway Street, Lincoln, to consider the petition to amend the Logan County Zoning Ordinance.

The suggested amendment to the Logan County Zoning Ordinance is to add the Conditional Use for the delivery, well installation, deep injection, sequestration and permanent storage of carbon dioxide on and beneath land in Logan County that is zoned Agricultural District.

[Angela Reiners]

Notice of Public Hearing
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