USDA’s Forest Service (USFS) is proposing a rule to allow the agency to consider proposals for potential carbon capture and sequestration projects on national forests and grasslands.
The agency does not currently have any carbon sequestration proposals under consideration and all potential proposals would still need to pass secondary screening to be accepted as a formal application, the agency said.
Any proposals would still have to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and would not supersede existing Tribal treaty rights, agreements, authorities and land use.
“A recent analysis by the International Energy Agency projected that globally, 1.2 gigatons of carbon dioxide must be captured and sequestered every year by 2030, to remain on track to reach net-zero emissions by 2050,” a USFS news release said.
To comment on the proposal, visit federalregister.gov and search for document ID 2023-24341 by Jan. 2, 2024.
