Two task forces focused on tackling permitting challenges for carbon capture and storage projects are poised to meet for the first time next month, more than a year after the White House announced a list of members.
The task forces — designed to examine issues associated with CCS projects as well as carbon dioxide pipelines — will convene for a joint meeting in late May, according to a notice published Tuesday in the Federal Register.
The two-day meeting will take place 14 months after the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a list of nearly 70 individuals who would serve on the two task forces, which share a purpose but are focused on different geographical areas.
The Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act — signed in December 2020 by then-President Donald Trump — established the two carbon capture task forces.
