Sec. 7. National Academy of Sciences assessments of carbon dioxide storage in deep seafloor environments and of coastal carbon markets
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct— a comprehensive assessment of— the long-term effects of containment of carbon dioxide in a deep seafloor environment on marine ecosystems; and the integrity of existing storage technologies, as determined on the date of enactment of this Act; a comprehensive assessment of pathways, methods, and technologies able to directly remove carbon dioxide from the oceans by the removal of dissolved carbon dioxide from seawater through engineered or inorganic processes, including filters, membranes, phase change systems, or other technological pathways; and a comprehensive assessment of the viability of using coastal macroalgae cultivation and sustainable coastal wetlands management and restoration for carbon sequestration, which shall consider— environmental and economic effects on coastal communities; durability and cost per ton of carbon dioxide sequestered using coastal macroalgae cultivation and sustainable coastal wetlands management in a variety of regions of the United States, including Alaska, the Gulf Coast, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Pacific Northwest; research, data, resource management, monitoring, reporting, and verification improvements necessary to develop a carbon market around coastal macroalgae cultivation and sustainable coastal wetlands management or restoration; and relevant successes and failures of carbon markets in agriculture, forestry, and wetlands and how such successes and failures might apply to a future coastal carbon market.