Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-4-101: Short title – Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration

Enhancement Act- Legislative findings and intent.

A. This article shall be known and may be cited as the

“Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act”.

B. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that:

1. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other gases in the

atmosphere have led to growing interest in national and

international forums for implementing measures to slow and reverse

the buildup of such atmospheric constituents. These measures may

include, but are not limited to, the establishment of systems of

trading in carbon dioxide credits or adoption of practices,

technologies, or other measures which decrease the concentration of

carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and improve air quality;

2. Carbon sequestration practices have great potential to

increase carbon sequestration and help offset the impact of carbon

dioxide emissions on carbon dioxide concentrations in the

atmosphere; and

3. It is in the interest of the citizens of this state that the

Oklahoma Conservation Commission document and quantify carbon

sequestration associated with terrestrial and agricultural carbon

sequestration practices. The provisions of this act shall not

include geologic carbon sequestration occurring in Underground

Injection Control (UIC) Class II or Class VI projects.

C. It is the intent of the Legislature that such efforts to

document and quantify carbon sequestration associated with

terrestrial and agricultural carbon sequestration practices will

enhance the ability of the state’s landowners to participate in any

system of carbon dioxide emissions marketing or trading that may be

developed in the future.

D. For purposes of the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration

Enhancement Act, “carbon sequestration practices” and “carbon

capture and storage practices” shall mean and include:

1. Improved agricultural practices, including, but not limited

to, decreasing soil tillage, planting and managing vegetation,

growing agricultural crops, or managing any existing vegetated area;

2. Improved natural resources conservation practices,

including, but not limited to, vegetation, revegetation,

forestation, afforestation, and reforestation on rangeland and other

agricultural and nonagricultural lands;

3. Other improved methods of stewardship for the natural

resources of this state; and

4. Other terrestrial and agricultural methods of sequestering,

displacing, or avoiding carbon dioxide emissions approved by the

Oklahoma Conservation Commission.