(NAFB) A first-in-the-nation Community Benefits Agreement on carbon dioxide sequestration took place in Nebraska. The landmark agreement sets a new precedent for pipeline infrastructure. Tallgrass has a pipeline infrastructure that currently delivers natural gas to ethanol plants in the state. Kyle Quackenbush, Segment President of Tallgrass, talks about the new agreement.
The agreement establishes a series of community initiatives and creates rigorous landowner rights protections throughout the pipeline’s life cycle. Jane Kleeb, founder of Bold Alliance, says this makes the agreement unique in the nation.
The landowner protections are established from early project development through easement negotiations, operations, and even decommissioning. Easements are returned to the landowners upon decommissioning, and the owners can leave the pipeline abandoned in place or have it removed from their property.
