HF5161

Purpose

• The bill aims to prohibit the issuance of a route permit for certain carbon dioxide pipelines in Minnesota and to update key definitions in the state's pipeline law to reflect carbon dioxide transport.

Main Provisions

• Prohibits the issuance of a route permit for certain carbon dioxide pipelines in Minnesota.
• Amends Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 216G.025, subdivision 1, to add and clarify definitions for the section, including:
  • Carbon dioxide pipeline: a pipeline located in Minnesota that transports carbon dioxide in liquid, gaseous, or supercritical state.
  • Commission: the Public Utilities Commission.
  • Public waters: the meaning as defined in section 103G.005, subdivision 15.
  • Supercritical: a physical state in which a substance is more dense than a gas but less dense than a liquid.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• Introduces a prohibition on route permits for at least some carbon dioxide pipelines, effectively blocking these pipelines from receiving a route permit under current law.
• Updates and codifies definitions related to carbon dioxide pipelines (carbon dioxide pipeline, supercritical, public waters, and the Public Utilities Commission) to align the statute with CO2 transport characteristics.

Relevant Terms - carbon dioxide pipeline - route permit - Public Utilities Commission - Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 216G.025 - subdivision 1 - supercritical - public waters - 103G.005 subdivision 15