Indiana preparing federal takeover application, regulations for controversial carbon storage wells

The state has begun the first step toward primary enforcement authority for the wells, which are currently overseen by the EPA.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 629

Last Updated: 5 days, 7 hours ago

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Indiana is drafting regulations to oversee companies injecting and storing carbon dioxide deep underground, as part of its bid to take over responsibility for the wells from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state’s Department of Natural Resources has confirmed.

“Should EPA grant primacy, we look forward to keeping Class VI permitting decisions here in Indiana and closer to the communities and businesses they affect, while maintaining the federal safeguards designed to protect Hoosiers,” department …

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