FRAMEWORK FOR GEOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION ON PUBLIC LAND.

SEC. 714. FRAMEWORK FOR GEOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION ON PUBLIC LAND.(a) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on a recommended framework for managing geological carbon sequestration activities on public land.(b) Contents.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:(1) Recommended criteria for identifying candidate geological sequestration sites in each of the following types of geological settings:(A) Operating oil and gas fields.(B) Depleted oil and gas fields.(C) Unmineable coal seams.(D) Deep saline formations.(E) Deep geological systems that may be used as engineered reservoirs to extract economical quantities of heat from geothermal resources of low permeability or porosity.(F) Deep geological systems containing basalt formations.(G) Coalbeds being used for methane recovery.(2) A proposed regulatory framework for the leasing of public land or an interest in public land for the long-term geological sequestration of carbon dioxide, which includes an assessment of options to ensure that the United States receives fair market value for the use of public land or an interest in public land for geological sequestration.(3) A proposed procedure for ensuring that any geological carbon sequestration activities on public land—(A) provide for public review and comment from all interested persons; and(B) protect the quality of natural and cultural resources of the public land overlaying a geological sequestration site.(4) A description of the status of Federal leasehold or Federal mineral estate liability issues related to the geological subsurface trespass of or caused by carbon dioxide stored in 121 STAT. 1716 public land, including any relevant experience from enhanced oil recovery using carbon dioxide on public land.(5) Recommendations for additional legislation that may be required to ensure that public land management and leasing laws are adequate to accommodate the long-term geological sequestration of carbon dioxide.(6) An identification of the legal and regulatory issues specific to carbon dioxide sequestration on land in cases in which title to mineral resources is held by the United States but title to the surface estate is not held by the United States.(7)(A) An identification of the issues specific to the issuance of pipeline rights-of-way on public land under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for natural or anthropogenic carbon dioxide.(B) Recommendations for additional legislation that may be required to clarify the appropriate framework for issuing rights-of-way for carbon dioxide pipelines on public land.(c) Consultation With Other Agencies.—In preparing the report under this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall coordinate with—(1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;(2) the Secretary of Energy; and(3) the heads of other appropriate agencies.(d) Compliance With Safe Drinking Water Act.—The Secretary shall ensure that all recommendations developed under this section are in compliance with all Federal environmental laws, including the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) and regulations under that Act.