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and general permits for NETs that will likely have either small or controlled impacts. 29, 767
Congress can reduce barriers to NETs by allowing use of eminent domain for land needed for such projects 29, 767
Congress could extend condemnation power to private parties for industrial scale NET operations, with strong oversigh and protections 29, 767
Congress could legislate favorable waivers or expedited reviews of NET projects, similar to those for CERCLA 29, 767
Congress should allow NET R&D and limited deployment to occur without significant delays from EIRs 29, 768
Congress should consider liability protections for NET operators meeting criteria 29, 768
Congress should impose carbon pricing to expressly allow NET operators to obtain a financial return on CO2 captures from the atmosphere 29, 769
Congress should significantly boost funding to support NET research proposals 29, 767
EPA can adopt general permits for NETs that will likely have either small or predictable and controlled impacts to the environment. 29, 767
EPA can adopt standardized approval and review procedures for NETs that use common procedures or similar physical designs 29, 767
EPA can explore whether to reduce permitting barriers or environmental review disincentives for laboratory research or limited field testing of NETs. 29, 767
EPA could consider use of NET removal of CO2 as an alternative control strategy to consider during selections of BACTs for PSD permits to control emissions of other regulated pollutants. 29, 769
EPA could let a facility offset its CO2 emissions from one of its facilities through that operator’s use of NETs at a different location within the United States. 29, 769
EPA could promote investigation and deployment of NETs through incorporating them into GHG control permit requirements and emission control standards. 29, 769
EPA could promote reuse of captured CO2 by determining that CO2 captured through NETs would not constitute a pollutant under CWA or CAA or a discarded hazardous waste or substance under RCRA or CERCLA. 29, 769
EPA could promote reuse of captured CO2 by determining that CO2 captured through NETs would not constitute a pollutant under the CWA or CAA or a discarded hazardous waste or substance under RCRA or CERCLA. 29, 769
EPA should craft regulatory options to allow NET research and limited deployment to occur without significant delays from permitting disputes or protracted environmental impact reviews. 29, 768
Federal agencies could explore possibility of offering liability protections for negative emissions technology operators that meet size, operational, and safety requirements. 29, 768
Federal govt. should reduce barriers to NETs while protecting public safety 29, 767
Federal govt. should support NETs in conjunction with other decarbonization strategies 29, 766
FERC can require that wholesale rates include a carbon adder set at a level intended to reflect the social cost of carbon. 24, 630
State environmental agencies can explore whether to reduce permitting barriers or environmental review disincentives for laboratory research or limited field testing of NETs. 29, 767
State environmental agencies could promote deployment of NETs through incorporating them into GHG control permit requirements and emission control standards. 29, 769
State environmental agencies could promote reuse of captured CO2 as a feedstock or commercial product by issuing guidance or a regulatory determination that CO2 captured through NETs would not constitute a pollutant or waste under other federal environmental statutes if reused. 29, 769
State govts. can reduce barriers to NETs by uzing condemnation powers for needed land 29, 767
State legislatures could also allow utilities to charge ratepayers for the cost of industrywide hiring halls and for retraining that bridges the gap between workers’ old skills and new occupations. 24, 640
States should protect future "just and reasonable" utility rates by considering stiffer GHG restrictions in future years 24, 623

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