Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall prevent an enhanced oil or gas recovery project utilizing injection of carbon dioxide as approved by the board under Section 53-1-17 or require compliance with all or part of this chapter by any enhanced oil or gas recovery project that is not a geologic sequestration facility. An operator of an enhanced oil or gas recovery project utilizing injection of carbon dioxide may request that the board approve such a project as a geologic sequestration facility under this chapter or that the board determine that injection activities constitute the sequestration of carbon dioxide, but nothing in this chapter shall require that such a request be made. No provision of this chapter shall affect or govern any aspect of an enhanced oil or gas recovery project utilizing injection of carbon dioxide unless and until the operator of such project has requested that a particular project be approved by the board as a geologic sequestration facility and the board has granted that request.