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The fourth meeting of the California Carbon Capture and Storage
Review Panel will be held on Thursday, October 21, 2010.   The
California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities
Commission, and the California Air Resources Board have formed
this panel to review carbon capture and storage (CCS) policy and
develop recommendations that could help guide legislation and
regulations regarding CCS in California.  CCS has been identified
as a potential strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
from major industrial sites.	
Other state agencies interested and involved in the issue are the
California Department of Conservation and the California State
Water Resources Control Board.	
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010
8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
1516 Ninth Street
First Floor, Hearing Room A
Sacramento, California
(Wheelchair Accessible)
Public parking is available in the state-owned garage on 10th
Street between O and P Streets (entrance on 10th), in metered
spaces on area streets, and in the public parking garages on L
Street between 10th and 11th Streets and on P Street between 11th
and 12th Streets. 
Remote Attendance and Availability of Documents
Internet Webcast - Presentations and audio from the meeting will
be broadcast via our WebEx web meeting service. For details on
how to participate via WebEx, please see the “Remote Attendance”
section toward the end of this notice.

Documents and presentations for this meeting will be available
on-line at 
www.climatechange.ca.gov/carbon_capture_review_panel/meetings/index.html
 


Purpose 
The goal of the California CCS Review Panel is to: 

1.	Identify, discuss, and frame specific policies addressing the
role of CCS in meeting the state's energy needs and greenhouse
gas reduction goals;

2.	Review CCS policy frameworks used elsewhere, and identify
gaps, alternatives, and applicability in California; and

3.	Develop specific committee recommendations on CCS.

The fourth meeting of the panel will focus on formulating
regulatory, legislative and policy recommendations on CCS for
California.  As part of this process the panel will consider the
presentations and comments given in the first three panel
meetings on the various regulatory, statutory, and policy issues
confronting CCS in California from the perspective of different
experts in relevant areas, important stakeholders, and members of
the general public.  The panel will also utilize staff white
papers that have been requested by the panel, currently posted
on-line at 
www.climatechange.ca.gov/carbon_capture_review_panel/meetings/2010-08-18/white_papers
These papers cover a variety of topics of importance to CCS
including questions on permitting and agency lead for CCS;
primacy (state versus federal); long-term stewardship and
liability; enhanced oil recovery-related issues; pore space
issues; pipeline issues; saline storage; sequestration history
and risk; monitoring, measurement, and verification procedures
and protocols; the connection between CCS and Assembly Bill 32,
the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006; and public
outreach issues connected to CCS.  The papers given to the panel
have received review and input from interested state agencies.  
In addition to panel deliberations a period of time will be set
aside for open public comments to the panel.  The panel
deliberations and information gathered through the public
meetings will be the basis upon which a final report will be
developed by the panel that identifies the major regulatory and
legal barriers to CCS in the state, and gives specific
recommendations regarding methods to address them and the policy
rationales for the recommendations.
Background
CCS refers to the capture, or removal, of CO2 at large industrial
sources and its subsequent compression, transport, and injection
into the subsurface for long-term or permanent storage.  CCS is
one option in a portfolio of mitigation tools to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.  Energy efficiency and renewable energy
will remain cornerstones of California’s efforts to control
greenhouse gases; however, CCS could also play a role in helping
California reach its greenhouse gas reduction goals if statutory
and regulatory ambiguities are addressed and a consistent policy
framework is established.  Such a framework should clearly
establish the authorities and roles of various state agencies,
facilitate and streamline permitting processes, support the
development of favorable business cases for adoption of the
technology at a commercial scale, and serve the public’s interest
in assuring climate change mitigation goals are met while
protecting the environment and human health and safety.
Panel Members
The following experts comprise the California CCS Review Panel: 
Carl Bauer, Retired Director of the National Energy Technology
Laboratory and Chairman CCS Review Panel
Sally Benson, Director Global Climate & Energy Program (GCEP),
Stanford University
Kipp Coddington, Partner, Mowrey Meezan Coddington Cloud LLP
(M2C2)
John Fielder, President, Southern California Edison
John King, Chairman, North American Carbon Capture & Storage
Association and Environment Implementation Manager, Royal Dutch
Shell
Kevin Murray, Managing Partner, The Murray Group
George Peridas, Scientist, Climate Center, Natural Resources
Defense Council
Catherine Reheis-Boyd, President, Western States Petroleum
Association
Edward Rubin, Professor of Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie
Mellon University
Dan Skopec, Chair, California Carbon Capture and Storage
Coalition
Panel members were chosen because of their strong interest and
record of accomplishment in developing energy and environmental
public policy.  
Public Comments 
Written comments on the workshop topics must be submitted by 5:00
p.m. on 
October 28, 2010.  Please indicate California Carbon Capture and
Storage Review Panel Meeting in the subject line or first
paragraph of your comments.  Address comments to Carl Bauer,
Chairman, CCS Review Panel, in care of John Reed.  Please hand
deliver or mail an original copy to: 

California Energy Commission
Energy Research & Development Division
Public Interest Energy Research Program
1516 Ninth Street, MS 47 
Sacramento, CA  95814-5512

The Energy Commission encourages comments by e-mail.  Those
submitting comments by electronic mail should provide them in
either Microsoft Word format or as a Portable Document (PDF) to
jreed@energy.state.ca.us.  Please include your name or the name
of your organization within the name of the Word document or PDF
file.

Participants may also provide an original copy at the beginning
of the meeting. All written materials relating to this workshop
will become part of the public record in this proceeding.  Time
will be set aside at the meeting for oral comments by the
public.
Public Participation
The Energy Commission’s Public Adviser’s Office provides the
public assistance in participating in Energy Commission
activities. If you want information on how to participate in this
forum, please contact the Public Adviser’s Office at (916)
654-4489 or toll free at (800) 822-6228, by FAX at (916)
654-4493, or by e-mail at [PublicAdviser@energy.state.ca.us]. If
you have a disability and require assistance to participate,
please contact Lou Quiroz at (916) 654-5146 at least five days in
advance. 

Please direct all news media inquiries to the Media and Public
Communications Office at (916) 654-4989, or by e-mail at
[mediaoffice@energy.state.ca.us]. 

If you have technical or logistical questions about the meeting,
please contact John Reed at (916) 653-7963, or e-mail your
question to [jreed@energy.state.ca.us].
Remote Attendance

You can participate in this meeting through WebEx, the Energy
Commission's on-line meeting service. Presentations will appear
on your computer screen, and you listen to the audio via your
telephone. Please be aware that the meeting's WebEx audio and
on-screen activity may be recorded.

Computer Log-on with Telephone Audio:
1.	Please go to https://energy.webex.com and enter the unique
meeting number: 920 348 075

2.	When prompted, enter your name and other information as
directed and the meeting password: meeting@9

3.	After you log-in, a prompt will ask for your phone number. If
you wish to have WebEx call you back, enter your phone number.
This will add your name on the WebEx log so that we know who is
connected and have a record of your participating by WebEx.  

If you do not wish to do that, click cancel, and go to step 4. 
Or, if your company uses an older switchboard-type of phone
system where your line is an extension, click cancel and go to
step 4.

4.	If you didn’t want WebEx to call you back, then call
1-866-469-3239 (toll-free in the U.S. and Canada). When prompted,
enter the meeting number above and your unique Attendee ID
number, which is listed in the top left area of your screen after
you login via computer. International callers can dial in using
the "Show all global call-in numbers" link (also in the top left
area).

Telephone Only (No Computer Access):
1.	Call 1-866-469-3239 (toll-free in the U.S. and Canada) and
when prompted enter the unique meeting number above.
International callers can select their number from
https://energy.webex.com/energy/globalcallin.php

If you have difficulty joining the meeting, please call the WebEx
Technical Support number at 1-866-229-3239.