New Development in Summit Carbon Solutions Project

A district court in Iowa has ruled in favor of Summit Carbon Solutions to pause a legal challenge from a group of landowners, counties and the Sierra Club. This will allow the Iowa Utilities Commission to change language in Summit’s proposed permit for a carbon capture pipeline. The original permit specified that permission had to be granted in South Dakota and North Dakota before construction could begin in Iowa. South Dakota’s decision to ban the use of eminent domain for CO2 pipelines means another route will be necessary. Summit plans to take CO2 from 57 Midwestern ethanol plants in a pipeline for deep underground storage in North Dakota. North Dakota approved permits for the pipeline a year ago.