The following Freedom of Information Act and public records requests were made in August 2021, as part of a multiyear investigation into carbon capture and storage (CCS). These FOIA requests are probing how states are coordinating or being informed of Federal and corporate plans to build a nationwide network of carbon dioxide pipelines to carry the CO2 from pollution sources like coal, natural gas and oil fired power plants, oil refineries, ethanol plants, steel mills, cement kilns scattered all over the country and take that CO2 waste to other states or offshore where scientists have determined there are deep geologic formations that meant to hold the CO2. Our recent investigation into a February 2020 CO2 pipeline accident in Mississippi, was published on Huffington Post.
Read more about the Satartia CO2 pipeline accident here
Search a bibliography of reference material from our research here
Click beside each request to see the original records request we issued and any correspondence with that state or Federal agency will be added as we get responses in coming months.
| State /Jurisdiction | Agency to Receive FOIA | Link to Request, Correspondence, and Records Received |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | Department of Energy, Carbon Storage Program | |
| Federal | Department of Energy, Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage | |
| Federal | Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy | |
| Federal | Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) | Documentation |
| Federal | Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Documentation |
| Federal | Department of Interior, Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) | |
| Federal | Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | Documentation |
| Federal | Department of Transportation (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) | Documentation |
| Federal | Environmental Protection Agency, Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) | Documentation |
| Federal | White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) | Documentation |
| Alabama | Alabama Public service Commission, Gas Pipeline Safety Section | Documentation |
| Alabama | Alabama Department of Environmental Management | Documentation |
| Alabama | Alabama Geological Survey | Documentation |
| Arizona | Arizona Corporation Commission, Gas Services Division and Pipeline Safety Section | Documentation |
| Arkansas | Division of Environmental Quality | Documentation |
| Arkansas | Public Safety Commission, Pipeline Safety Section | |
| Federal | Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States Office, Southeastern States | Documentation |
| California | California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) | Documentation |
| California | Public Safety Communications | Documentation |
| California | California Office of the State Fire Marshal Pipeline safety and CUPA Programs | Documentation |
| Colorado | Department of Public Safety | Documentation |
| Colorado | Public Utility Commission, Pipeline Safety Program | Documentation |
| Connecticut | Public Utility Commission | |
| Federal | Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States Office, Northeastern States | Documentation |
| Delaware | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Documentation |
| Delaware | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Documentation |
| Delaware | Delaware Public Service Commission | Documentation |
| District of Columbia | Department of Energy & Environment | Documentation |
| District of Columbia | Public Service Commission | Documentation |
| Florida | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Documentation |
| Florida | Florida Public Service Commission | |
| Georgia | Environmental Protection Division | Documentation |
| Georgia | Georgia Public Service Commission, Pipeline Safety Office | Documentation |
| Idaho | Public Utility Commission | Documentation |
| Idaho | Gas Pipeline Safety Division | |
| Idaho | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality | Documentation |
| Idaho | Bureau of Land Management Idaho State Office | Documentation |
| Illinois | Illinois Commerce Commission | Documentation |
| Illinois | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | Documentation |
| Indiana | Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission | Documentation |
| Indiana | Indiana Department of Environmental Management | Documentation |
| Iowa | Iowa Department of Public Safety | Documentation |
| Iowa | Iowa Utilities Board | Documentation |
| Iowa | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | Documentation |
| Kansas | Kansas Corporation Commission | Documentation |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection | Documentation |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Public Service Commission | Documentation |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality | Documentation |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Department of Natural Resources | Documentation |
| Maine | Public Utility Commission, Gas Safety Division | Documentation |
| Maine | Maine Department of Environmental Protection | Documentation |
| Maryland | Maryland Department of the Environment | Documentation |
| Maryland | Public Service Commission, Pipeline Safety Division | Documentation |
| Maryland | Maryland Board of Public Works | Documentation |
| Massachusetts | Department of Public Utilities, Pipeline Safety Division | Documentation |
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection | |
| Michigan | Michigan Public Service Commission | Documentation |
| Michigan | Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy | Documentation |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Pipeline Safety | Documentation |
| Minnesota | State Fire Marshal Division | Documentation |
| Mississippi | Public Utility Commission | Documentation |
| Missouri | Missouri Department of Public Safety, Gas Safety and Engineering Division | Documentation |
| Missouri | Missouri Department of Natural Resources | Documentation |
| Montana | Public Service Commission, Gas Pipeline Safety Division | Documentation |
| Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota | Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas State Office | |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Department of Environment | Documentation |
| Nebraska | Deputy State Fire Marshals, Fuels Division, Nebraska State Fire Marshals Office | |
| Nevada | Nevada State Environmental Commission | Documentation |
| Nevada | Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office | Documentation |
| Nevada | Public Utility Commission, Gas Pipeline Safety Division | |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Department of Safety | Documentation |
| New Hampshire | Public Utility Commission, Pipeline Safety Division | |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services | |
| New Jersey | New Jersey Board of Public Utilities | |
| New Jersey | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Pipeline Safety | |
| New Mexico | Pipeline Safety Bureau | Documentation |
| New Mexico | New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, Transportation Division | Documentation |
| New Mexico | Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office | |
| New York | New York State Department of Public Service | Documentation |
| New York | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation | Documentation |
| New York | Public Service Commission, Office of Gas and Water | |
| North Carolina | North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Documentation |
| North Carolina | North Carolina Utility Commission, Pipeline Safety Section | |
| North Dakota | Public Service Commission, Testing and Safety Division | Documentation |
| Ohio | Public Utility Commission | Documentation |
| Ohio | Ohio EPA | Documentation |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Corporation Commission: Pipeline Safety Section, Gas Services Division | |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality | |
| Oregon | Public Utility Commission, Gas Pipeline Safety Division | |
| Oregon | Bureau of Land Management Oregon State Office | |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection | Documentation |
| Pennsylvania | Public Utility Commission, Gas Safety Division | Documentation |
| Rhode Island | Public Utility Commission, Gas Safety Division | |
| South Carolina | South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control | |
| South Carolina | Public Safety Commission, Pipeline Safety Office | |
| South Dakota | Public Utility Commission, Pipeline Safety Division | |
| Tennessee | Gas Pipeline Safety Division, Tennessee Regulatory Authority | |
| Texas | Pipeline Safety Section, Gas Services Division, Texas Railroad Commission | Documentation |
| Utah | Utah Department of Environmental Quality | |
| Utah | Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office | |
| Utah | Public Utility Commission, Gas Pipeline Safety Division | |
| Vermont | Agency of Natural Resources | Documentation |
| Vermont | Director of Engineering, Vermont Department of Public Service | Documentation |
| Virginia | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality | Documentation |
| Virginia | Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security | |
| Washington | Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission | |
| West Virginia | West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection | Documentation |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Public Service Commission | Documentation |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Public Utilities Commission, Gas Pipeline Safety Division | |
| Wyoming | Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office |