Midwest carbon capture pipeline seeks additional time on permitting application in South Dakota
In a filing with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission on Friday, Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions requested a timeline extension on its permit application to rework its route in a way that would satisfy landowners. The commission is expected to decide on this extension request during its meeting Tuesday afternoon.
Questions about the pipeline arose after South Dakota lawmakers approved a ban on eminent domain for carbon capture projects, in which the government can seize private property with compensation. Without that power, Summit would need to secure voluntary agreements with landowners along the South Dakota route.
Instead of pursuing legal action against the state, Summit said in its filing that additional time would allow it to 'roll out new offers to landowners' and identify which branches to ethanol plants it can eliminate that face significant landowner opposition.
'The Applicant believes threatening legal action is counter-productive to attempting to do good-faith business with the state,' Summit attorney Brett Koenecke wrote in the filing. 'Instead, the Applicant intends to make significant efforts and undertake several tasks in the coming weeks and months to advance the project and prepare to proceed with a new scheduling order.'
South Dakota is a crucial part of the 2,500-mile pipeline, which would carry carbon emissions from ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota to be stored underground permanently in North Dakota. The project already has approvals in Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota, and Summit has invested more than $150 million into its route in South Dakota.
The ethanol industry is concentrated in the Midwest, with nearly 40% of the nation's corn used to brew ethanol. Summit's pipeline promises to lower the carbon intensity of ethanol to make it more competitive as a sustainable product.
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