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FOLLOWING ITS STATE'S APPROVAL, CARBON SUMMIT LOOKING TO EXPAND ITS PIPELINE BY 50% IN IOWA
Jul. 8, 2024
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
The company that recently gained approval from state regulators for its carbon dioxide pipeline system in Iowa wants to proceed with expansion requests for that system starting in late August.
Summit Carbon Solutions has proposed new public informational meeting dates for 23 counties that would span about four weeks, according to documents recently filed with the Iowa Utilities Commission, formerly known as the Iowa Utilities Board. The first meeting would be Aug. 26 in Adams County.
The company must hold the meetings in affected counties before it can negotiate with landowners for easements and file petitions for permits to build the extensions.
The 14 proposed offshoots to additional ethanol plants from Summit's initial proposal would increase the size of the system in Iowa by about 341 miles -- or about 50%. The IUC indicated last week it would grant Summit a permit for the company's initial proposal, which has about 690 miles of pipe.
The company hopes to transport captured carbon dioxide from ethanol producers in five states to North Dakota to be stored underground. The IUC has stipulated that Summit cannot start laying pipe in Iowa until it obtains permits in the Dakotas. It said the company can use eminent domain to force agreements with unwilling landowners to use their properties for the project.
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