AB 881: Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

This bill aims to regulate the transportation of carbon dioxide through intrastate pipelines. It would require the state fire marshal to adopt regulations governing the safe transportation of carbon dioxide, which must be as protective as federal regulations. The regulations would prohibit the approval of pipelines for carbon dioxide transport if they were originally constructed for other liquids or gases, and would require operators to submit emergency planning zone inventories and maps. The bill would also limit the transportation of carbon dioxide to federally regulated interstate pipelines, and require intrastate pipelines to be used only after the state fire marshal adopts its regulations and the project operator demonstrates that the pipelines meet those standards. Additionally, the bill would authorize the use of civil penalties for violations to provide hazardous gas suppression…