by Kipp A. Coddington, David M. Meezan, and Kristin Holloway Jones (September 2007; 4 pages) One of the most significant impediments to a carbon dioxide capture and storage industry is not technical but legal —  managing liabilities associated with the long-term geologic storage of carbon dioxide in reservoirs, particularly deep saline. There is no dedicated regulatory regime in place at either the federal or state level for capture and storage.