West Virginia § 22-11B-13 Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Administrative Fund

West Virginia Statutes

§ 22-11B-13 — Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Administrative Fund

West Virginia § 22-11B-13

Ch. 22ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

Art. 11BUNDERGROUND CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION AND STORAGE

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W. Va. Code § 22-11B-13 (2026).

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(a)There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special revenue fund to be known as the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Administration Fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be made by the secretary for the purposes set forth in this article, and are not authorized from collections, but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation from the Legislature and §12-3-1et seq. of this code. The fund may only be used for the purpose of payment of all expenses of the department in processing permit and certificate applications; regulating storage facilities during their construction, operation, and pre-closure phases; and making storage amount determinations under §22-11B-17 of this code. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Rev

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(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special revenue fund to be known as the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Administration Fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be made by the secretary for the purposes set forth in this article, and are not authorized from collections, but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation from the Legislature and §12-3-1et seq. of this code. The fund may only be used for the purpose of payment of all expenses of the department in processing permit and certificate applications; regulating storage facilities during their construction, operation, and pre-closure phases; and making storage amount determinations under §22-11B-17 of this code. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Revenue Fund but shall remain in the special revenue fund. The moneys accrued in the fund, any interest earned thereon, and yield from investments by the State Treasurer or West Virginia Investment Management Board are reserved solely and exclusively for the purposes set forth in this section.

(b) The secretary may, through a cooperative agreement with another agency, use money from the fund to compensate the cooperating agency for expenses that cooperating agency incurs in carrying out regulatory responsibilities that agency may have over a storage facility.