2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 2 AGRICULTURE
2-5304 Report; contents.

2-5304. Report; contents.

On or before December 1, 2001, the Director of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee, shall prepare a report to the Legislature. The report shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) The potential for, and potential forms of, greenhouse emissions regulation;

(2) The potential for development of a system or systems of carbon emissions trading or markets for carbon sequestered on agricultural land;

(3) Agricultural practices, management systems, or land uses which increase stored soil carbon and minimize carbon dioxide or other greenhouse emissions associated with agricultural production;

(4) Methods for measuring and modeling net carbon sequestration and greenhouse emissions reduction associated with various agricultural practices, management systems, or land uses occurring on agricultural land;

(5) Areas of scientific uncertainty with respect to quantifying and understanding greenhouse emission reductions or soil carbon sequestration associated with agricultural activities; and

(6) Any recommendations of the Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee developed pursuant to section 2-5303.

Source

Laws 2000, LB 957, § 4.