An initiative covering the regulation of the carbon dioxide pipeline will be on South Dakota’s ballot this November. Referred Law 21 addresses Senate Bill 201 which requires regulation of the carbon dioxide pipelines used in carbon capture and storage systems. South Dakota Corn Growers Association Executive Director Danita Murray said the benefits are numerous for both corn growers and the environment. “I think that there’s a broad spectrum of folks that might be interested in this. From those who are perhaps interested in sequestering carbon so that there are fewer greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to those who are interested in helping to ensure that some of the federal tax credit that’s moving out the door from Washington, D.C. from the Inflation Reduction Act, goes to the right programs.” Murray describes the big takeaway as the lack of a relationship with imminent domain. “I think there’s a misconception out there that folks who are opposed to the pipeline have been clever about and that is there is no tie between imminent domain and Senate Bill 201, meaning voting yes for law 21, has absolutely no impact on whether or not imminent domain is going to be used in South Dakota for the CO2 pipeline.”
