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Ban on Carbon Injections Within Mahomet Aquifer Heads to Pritzker's Desk
- The Illinois General Assembly passed Senate Bill 2317 on May 20, 2025, banning carbon sequestration within the Mahomet Aquifer footprint and sent it to Gov. JB Pritzker.
- The bill followed concerns arising from a carbon leak at Archer Daniels Midland's Decatur facility, which temporarily paused injections after a corroded well pipe released 8,000 metric tons underground last October.
- The Mahomet Aquifer underlies 15 counties in Central Illinois, supplying over 100 million gallons daily as the sole drinking water source for nearly one million residents, including Normal and Champaign.
- The bill passed the House 91-19 and the Senate unanimously 55-0, though it excludes some recharge areas to accommodate One Earth Energy's pending pipeline permit, and some business groups urge a veto citing concerns over clean energy investment.
- The legislation includes the formation of a commission to examine carbon sequestration activities near the Mahomet Aquifer, reflecting a careful stance due to the absence of alternative water supplies and contrasting opinions on the safety of sequestration in Illinois.
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Bill banning carbon sequestration near Mahomet Aquifer clears General Assembly – Capitol News IL
“Eighty-five percent of the geographic land mass in the state of Illinois can be used for carbon sequestration. The aquifer is a very small piece of that, it’s just kind of the width of Central Illinois,” state Sen. Chapin Rose said. “You can sequester north or south of this without putting anybody’s water in jeopardy.”
Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » It’s just a billCapitolFax.com
* Capitol News Illinois… A bill that bans carbon sequestration over, under or through portions of the Mahomet Aquifer passed out of the Illinois General Assembly on Tuesday. The bill has been a point of contention in the Statehouse during this year’s legislative session, after it was found that a leak occurred during carbon injections carried out [...]
The Quad-City Times
Herald & ReviewBan on carbon injections within Mahomet Aquifer heads to Pritzker's desk
Legislation that would ban carbon sequestration activity within the footprint of a massive source of drinking water for Central Illinois is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk.
Bill banning carbon sequestration near Mahomet Aquifer clears General Assembly - IPM Newsroom
Illinois Newsroom - The bill comes after recent leaks at a carbon injection site in Decatur. The post Bill banning carbon sequestration near Mahomet Aquifer clears General Assembly appeared first on IPM Newsroom.
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