{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f300h\u20139.","heading":"Secure geologic storage permitting","text":"\u00a7\u202f300h\u20139.\nSecure geologic storage permitting\n(a)\nDefinitions\nIn this section:\n(1)\nAdministrator\nThe term \u201cAdministrator\u201d means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.\n(2)\nClass VI well\nThe term \u201cClass VI well\u201d means a well described in section 144.6(f) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).\n(b)\nAuthorization of appropriations for geologic sequestration permitting\nThere is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for the permitting of Class VI wells by the Administrator for the injection of carbon dioxide for the purpose of geologic sequestration in accordance with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (\n42 U.S.C. 300f\nDecember 10, 2010\n(c)\nState permitting program grants\n(1)\nEstablishment\nThe Administrator shall award grants to States that, pursuant to section 1422 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (\n42 U.S.C. 300h\u20131\n(2)\nUse of funds\nA State that receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall use the amounts received under the grant to defray the expenses of the State related to the establishment and operation of a State underground injection control program described in paragraph (1).\n(3)\nAuthorization of appropriations\nThere is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this subsection $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s300h\u20139.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f300h\u20139."},{"t":"heading","text":"Secure geologic storage permitting"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Administrator"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cAdministrator\u201d means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Class VI well"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cClass VI well\u201d means a well described in section 144.6(f) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorization of appropriations for geologic sequestration permitting"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for the permitting of Class VI wells by the Administrator for the injection of carbon dioxide for the purpose of geologic sequestration in accordance with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 300f","href":"/us/usc/t42/s300f","tail":" et seq.) and the final rule of the Administrator entitled \u201cFederal Requirements Under the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Geologic Sequestration (GS) Wells\u201d (75 Fed. Reg. 77230 ("},{"t":"text","text":"December 10, 2010","tail":")), $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"State permitting program grants"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Establishment"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Administrator shall award grants to States that, pursuant to section 1422 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 300h\u20131","href":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20131","tail":"), receive the approval of the Administrator for a State underground injection control program for permitting Class VI wells for the injection of carbon dioxide."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Use of funds"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"A State that receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall use the amounts received under the grant to defray the expenses of the State related to the establishment and operation of a State underground injection control program described in paragraph (1).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300h\u20139/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorization of appropriations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this subsection $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}