Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2008/0015(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Geological storage of carbon dioxide (debate)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) This Directive should apply to the geological storage of CO2 within the territory of the Member States, their exclusive economic zones and on their continental shelves. The Directive should not apply to research projects. It should, however, apply to demonstration projects with a total intended storage of 100 kilo tonnes or more. This threshold would also seem appropriate for the purposes of other relevant Community legislationchiefly to demonstration projects for complexes, covering both energy installations with an output of 300 MW or more and storage complexes with a total intended storage of 100 kilo tonnes of CO2 or more. The storage of CO2 in geological formations extending beyond the territorial scope of this Directive and tshould not be permitted unless there is an appropriate international agreement on this matter. The storage of CO2 in the water column should not be permitall be prohibited.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Member States should determine in which craw up examination procedures on the baseis exploration is requiredof objective technical and environmental criteria in order to generate the necessary information necessary for the site selection. Such exploration should be made subject to a permit requirement. Member States should ensure that the procedures for the granting of exploration permpermitting selection of the sites for CO2 storage. This type of examination must meet the requirements for permits. Member States should ensure that the procedures for invitations to tender for exploration of CO2 storage sites are open to all entities meeting the essential requirements and possessing the necessary capacities and that the permits are granted, on the basis of objective, published criteria. In order to protect and encourage exploration investments and investment in CO2 storage site locations, exploration permits should be granted for a limited storage volume areas and for a limited time, during which time the holder of the permit should have the solea right tof explore the potential CO2 storage complex. Member States should ensure that no conflicting uses of the complex are permitted during this timeclusivity guaranteed by Member States.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - paragraph 2
Article 1 - paragraph 2
2. The purpose of geological storage is permanent containment of CO2 in such a way as to prevent or reduce as far as possible negative effects on the external environment and any resulting risk to human healthon inhabitants in a safety zone with a 500 m radius of the injection point.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 - paragraph 2
Article 2 - paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to geological storage of CO2 undertaken for research, development or testing of new products and processes. , with the exception of CO2 storage for permanent containment or industrial-scale storage beneath deposits of oil or natural gas with a view to improving exploitation thereof or in instances where this could improve workplace safety in methane-rich coal mines.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 - point 6 [OP6NRACTYES]
Article 3 - point 6 [OP6NRACTYES]
(6) 'storage complex' means the storage site, made up of an external section in which the injection equipment installed and an underground section in the form of a large empty area (Cambrian caverns or porous massifs), and surrounding geological domains which can have an effect on overall storage integrity and security (i.e., secondary containment formations);
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 - point 7
Article 3 - point 7
(7) 'exploration' means assessing potential storage complexes by means of a specific procedureimplementing specific procedures to explore potential storage complexes which have been drawn up on the basis of objective technical and environmental criteria, including activities such as carrying out geological surveys by physical or chemical means and drilling to obtain geological information about strata ingeological strata in the area containing the potential storage complex;
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 - point 8
Article 3 - point 8
(8) 'exploration permit' means a written and reasoned decision authorising exploration issued by the competent authority of a Member State pursuant to the requirements of national law and of this Directive;
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 - point 11
Article 3 - point 11
(11) 'substantial change' means a change which may have significant effects on the environmenteffects on the health of inhabitants in the safety zone or on the environment on the surface or underground in the geological section of the storage site;
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 - point 12
Article 3 - point 12
(12) 'CO2 stream' means a flow of substanceproducts that results from carbon dioxide capture processes; the process of burning fossil fuels containing at least 90% carbon dioxide;
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 - point 18
Article 3 - point 18
(18) 'closure' of a CO2 storage site means the definite cessation of CO2 injection into that storage sitethe geological section of the storage complex and the elimination of any leaks by sealing CO2 escape points;
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 - point 20
Article 3 - point 20
(20) 'transport network' means the network of pipelinesinstallation made up of a network of pipelines, together with its valves, reservoirs and pump, including associated booster stations, for the continuous transport of CO2 to the storage sitecomplex, and also comprising tanks for individual transport.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States retain the right to determine and monitor the areas from which storage sites may be selected pursuant to the requirements of this Directive and on the basis of a full geological survey.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the tender procedures for and the granting of exploration permits for potential CO2 storage sites are open to all entities possessing the necessary authorisation and capacities and that the permits are granted on the basis of objective, publishedprior scientific studies and research including a full geological survey and published technological and ecological criteria.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 9 – point 2
Article 9 – point 2
(2) precise location and external delimitation of the storage site and protection zone and diagram of the underground part of the storage complex;
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) detecting significant adverse effects for the surrounding environment, humanthe local populations, or users of the surrounding biexternal part of the storage complex and of the surrounding biosphere, as well as the underground part of its geosphere;
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. After a storage site has been closed pursuant to paragraph 1 points (a) or (b), the operator remains responsible for maintenance, monitoring, control, reporting, and corrective measures pursuant to the requirements laid down in this Directive, as well as for all ensuingmeasures deriving from obligations uander other relevant provisions of Community legislation, until the responsibility for the storage sitecomplex is transferred to the competent authority of the Member State pursuant to Article 18(1) to (4). The operator shall also be responsible, prior to this transfer, for sealing the storage site, making it safe and removing the injectionall facilities.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. After a storage site has been closed pursuant to paragraph 1 point (c), the competent authority of the Member State shall remain responsible for maintenance, monitoring, and control, as well as reporting and corrective measures pursuant to the requirements laid down in this Directive as well as. It shall also be responsible for all ensuing obligations under other relevant provisions of Community legislationand national legislation, including monitoring of the long-term process of chemical neutralisation of CO2 in geological structures. The post-closure requirements pursuant to this Directive shall be fulfilled on the basis of the provisional post-closure plan submitted to and approved by the competent authority of the Member State pursuant to Articles 7(7) and 9(7), which shall be updated as necessary.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that adequate financial provisions, by way of financial security or any other equivalent, on the basis of modalities to be decided by the Commission and the Member States, are made by the applicant prior to the submission of the application for a storage permit to ensure that all obligations arising under the permit issued pursuant to this Directive, including closure procedures and post- closure provisions, as well as any obligations arising from inclusion under Directive 2003/87/ECderiving from the implementation of this Directive can be met.
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The settlement of cross-border disputes relating to relations between Member States and third countries shall be governed by international law.