Blake Nicholson, Associated Press
May 9, 2017
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Trump administration proposes giving North Dakota power to regulate underground wells used for long-term storage of waste carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources.
The Trump administration is proposing to make North Dakota the first state with the power to regulate underground wells used for long-term storage of waste carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources such as coal-fired power plants.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday signed off on the proposal that had languished under the Obama administration. A final decision will come after a 60-day public comment period that will follow a Federal Register posting. North Dakota, which has a large coal industry, would be the first state to get such authority, according to the EPA.
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