(Des Moines, IA) — Summit Carbon Solutions is moving ahead with expansion of their proposed carbon capture pipeline in Iowa.
The company is filing with the Iowa Utilities Commission for permits to add 13 more ethanol plants. The initial 690-miles of pipeline has been approved by the Commission. The expansion would cover most of Navigator CO2’s planned pipeline route that was abandoned earlier this year.
Summit needs approval in North and South Dakota before it can build in Iowa. North Dakota regulators okayed a permit last week, but South Dakota regulators rejected Summit’s permit application last year. A state law weakening county ordinances against the pipeline was nullified by voters in a referendum earlier this month. A lawsuit to decide Summit’s eligibility for eminent domain is before South Dakota’s Supreme Court.
