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Environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and West Virginia Surface Owners' Rights Organization, have filed a legal challenge against the EPA's decision to grant West Virginia primary oversight of carbon sequestration wells. The lawsuit, submitted to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, claims the EPA overlooked evidence of West Virginia's previous mismanagement of oil and gas wells when assigning regulatory authority for the carbon sequestration program. These wells are intended for the long-term storage of carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources.