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This overview provides details on the key elements of CCS modalities and procedures, including site selection, risk and safety assessment, environmental impact assessments, monitoring provisions, financial provisions, and liability provisions.
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CCS – OVERVIEW OF THE MODALITIES AND PROCEDURES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION SDM JOINT COORDINATION WORKSHOP Bonn, Germany, 24-25 March 2012
Key elements of the CCS modalities and procedures • Detailed specifications for site selection (Appendix B.1) • Risk and safety assessment (Appendix B.2) • Environmental and socio-economic impact assessments (Appendix B.6) • Detailed provisions on monitoring (Appendix B.3) • Financial provisions (Appendix B.4) • Detailed participation requirements for host countries (section F) • Changes to the CDM registry • Provisions for liability (Appendix B.5) • Accounting for non-permanence / seepage (section K)
Liability and permanence – general approach Geological storage risks and potential impacts Impacts to ecosystems, health, property etc Permanence • Seepage at surface • CO2 back to the atmosphere/water column • Seepage at surface • Human health & ecosystem impacts • Damage to property and/or resources • Geochemical effects • Effects of reactive processes with CO2 in the subsurface (e.g. groundwater) • Geomechanical effects • Induced seismicity • Displacement of brines • Damage to subsurface property (e.g hydrocarbons) Liability Annex para 1 (j) Net reversal of storage Annex para 1 (l) Supporting elements for liability & net reversal Host country laws established para 8 Obligation to submit Verification Report every 5 years CER reserve ([5] percent) - para 21 (b) Transfer of liability Appendix B.5 Obligation for the PPs to cancel compliance units to address non-permanence - para 24 Obligation for either host or buyer country to cancel compliance units to address non-permanence – p. 26 Financial Provision Appendix B.4 3
A staged approach towards implementation Focus for 2012 • Enabling the submission of methodologies and the accreditation of DOEs: • Procedures and forms for methodology submissions • Revision of the accreditation standard • Enabling the registration of CCS project activities: • Revision of the Project Standard, Validation & Verification Standard, etc • Procedures and forms for requesting for registration of projects • Enabling the issuance of CERs from CCS project activities: • Procedures and forms for requesting issuance • Changes to the CDM registry and ITL Preparation in 2012, Adoption in 2013 2013/ 2014
Next steps in 2012 • EB67: • Procedures, forms and guidelines for the submission and assessment of CCS methodologies • Amendment of TORs for the Boards support structure to establish a CCS Working Group • - CCS experts and Meth Panel members • - Meetings only as needed • Revision of the accreditation standard to enable accreditation of DOEs for CCS project activities • - Possible new sectoral scope 16 for the storage of CO2 • EB70: • Concept note for the revision of standards, procedures, forms and guidelines to enable the registration of CCS project activities
