The committee voted to extend a temporary safety moratorium on carbon sequestration activity for six months amid frustration about delays from the task force drafting an ordinance; an attempt to shorten the extension to 90 days failed for lack of a second.

The committee approved a decommissioning and site reclamation plan and a township road-use arrangement for a previously authorized 5-megawatt community solar farm (Champaign Solar 1 LLC). Staff said the DSRP costs are comparable to similar projects and township approval was obtained.

The Champaign County Environment and Land Use Committee voted to authorize a public hearing on a proposed zoning-text amendment to regulate carbon sequestration, adopting a scientist-recommended Mahomet Aquifer map and requiring geophysical mapping or a special-use permit for the county's southern 4.6 miles, with the item docketed to the Zoning Board of Appeals July 16.