(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved contracting with Snyder & Associates for Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Inspections.
Supervisor Tim Wichman said the county does not have any say-so in the pipeline being constructed in the county, that is handled by the Iowa Utilities board. He said the board’s responsibility is to provide an inspector for any of the work that goes through Pottawattamie County.
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Mike Geier, with Snyder & Associates, said they are focused on protecting the rights of the landowners.
Geier said the pipeline will have to pay the cost of this to the county.
Geier said if there are violations of the standards adopted by the State, land restoration plan or independent agreements, the county inspector will follow the notice of violation process by first contacting the pipeline company and contractor. If the violation is corrected, construction can continue. If the violation is not corrected, the county inspector shall issue a stop work order applicable only to the activity and location of the violation.
The Supervisors approved a motion to contract with Snyder and Associates as the county inspector for any CO2 project that would go through Pottawattamie County, specifically Summit Carbon Solutions.
