Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-10-2-5; IC 14-39-0.5

Affected: IC 14-39-2-12

Sec. 6. (a) A petitioner issued an involuntary integration order may petition the department to amend the order.

(b) A petition to amend an involuntary integration order is subject to the same procedures and requirements as the original petition for an involuntary integration order.

(c) The department may not issue an amended involuntary integration order unless the petitioner obtains consent from the pore space owners underlying at least seventy percent (70%) of the surface area above the proposed storage facility.

(d) If a petition to amend an involuntary integration order contains a request to reduce the boundaries of an involuntary integration order, the department shall grant the petition if the property to be removed is not within the current or projected carbon dioxide plume based on:

(1) the injection conducted to date; and

(2) planned future injection.

Compensation paid to a pore space owner before the integration order is amended is not to be paid back to the petitioner.

(e) An issued amended involuntary integration order does not waive or diminish rights or protections under IC 14-39-2-12.

(f) An issued amended involuntary integration order does not obligate the petitioner to recalculate a payment previously made to a pore space owner based on the percent of the surface area overlying the storage facility owned by the pore space owner.

(g) An issued amended involuntary integration order does not alter contractual terms between the petitioner and a consenting pore space owner.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 30-5.5-6; filed May 11, 2026, 9:58 a.m.: 20260610-IR-312250702FRA)