Updates

The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

  • Legal

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Commencement: 12th December 2022

Amends:

  • The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010

Mini Summary

The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010 implement EC Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide. These Regulations provide a licensing regime for the storage of carbon dioxide within the UK’s territorial waters and areas that have been designated as gas importation and storage zones.

Duties

The Regulations provide a licensing regime for the storage of carbon dioxide within the United Kingdom’s territorial waters and areas that have been designated as gas importation and storage zones.

The Regulations prohibit the storage of carbon dioxide in the water column. The Regulations set out the procedure for applications for ‘appraisal’ times and ‘storage permits’. A list is required to be kept of those with permits.

The Regulations put in place requirements for the closure and post-closure plans for those with storage permits.

The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009 have been amended so as to include the Directive on Carbon Capture and Storage.

Amendment

Minor technical changes are made to replace references to the EU Emissions Trading System Directive with references to The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012  and The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020.

References to ‘exit day’ are replaced with references to ‘IP completion day’.

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