INDIANAPOLIS – A pilot project that will capture carbon dioxide in an underground storage facility in West Terre Haute got the green light from the Governor’s office Wednesday.
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Bill 442 into law. The law “declares the underground storage of carbon dioxide to be a public use and service, in the public interest and a benefit to the welfare and people of Indiana.”
The carbon dioxide storage is part of a $450 million project proposed by Wabash Valley Resources LLC for a plant in West Terre Haute producing anhydrous ammonia fertilizer. The project would convert a closed SG Solutions coal gasification plant and would pump the carbon dioxide produced underground instead of releasing the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
Even with the governor’s approval, a federal Environmental Protection Agency permit will still be required. The permitting process took three years for a similar project near Decatur, Ill.
