BLM Publishes Guidance for Authorizing Carbon Sequestration Projects on Public Land

On June 8, 2022, the Bureau of Land Management published an Instruction Memorandum (IM 2022-041) for authorizing rights-of-way to use public lands for site characterization, transportation, injection, capture, and geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in connection with CO2 sequestration projects. The memorandum contains various policies and directives in connection with such authorizations.