CO2 Storage: A legal and Regulatory Guide for States (2007). In December 2002, the IOGCC established the IOGCC Carbon Capture and Geologic Storage (CCGS) Task Force. Its membership included representatives from IOGCC member states and international affiliate provinces, state and provincial oil and gas agencies, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), DOE-sponsored Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships, the Association of American State Geologists and independent experts.

In 2006, the Task Force began work on Phase II to start development of this detailed guidance document. The most critical components of the full report are a model CO2 storage statute, a set of model rules and regulations governing the storage of CO2 in geologic media and an explanation of those regulatory components. Also included is a report addressing the ownership and righ of injection of CO2 into the subsurface.