California Air Resources Board

Would have specified that only carbon dioxide removal (CDR) that meets specified requirements of the bill can be used for meeting or tracking progress for the net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) cement sector goal (SB 596), the overall net zero GHG goal (AB 1279), and the State operations net zero GHG goal (SB 1203), for purposes of counterbalancing the State's or an entity's remaining greenhouse gas emissions. The bill would have set these requirements as: using a form of carbon sequestration with substantially equivalent duration to the longevity of the form of storage from which the GHG was released and being qualified CDR, as defined. The bill would have defined qualified CDR as not being used for enhanced oil recovery, meeting certain standards of SB 905, and if using biomass, using only specified waste-based biomass. The bill would have specified it does not restrict what can be used as an offset credit in the Cap-and-Trade program and does not restrict the types of voluntary carbon offsets or other tradeable instruments that may be used to meet or report on the progress of voluntary pledges to achieve greenhouse gas reductions. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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