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Coalition challenges Iowa decision permitting Summit pipeline

Summit Carbon solutions proposed carbon capture pipeline would transport liquified C02 from ethanol plants in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska to North Dakota.
Summit Carbon Solutions
Summit Carbon solutions proposed carbon capture pipeline would transport liquified C02 from ethanol plants in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska to North Dakota.

A coalition of conservation groups in Iowa is filing for reconsideration of the Iowa Utilities Commission’s approval of Summit Carbon Solution’s pipeline project.

The commission approved Summit’s pipeline last month, bolstering the project’s overall viability.

A coalition including the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club, landowners, state legislators and several counties hope the state reconsiders the decision.

Summit said they intend to refile in South Dakota after being denied their original permit request with the Public Utilities Commission last year.

The company does not currently have an open application with the South Dakota PUC

Evan Walton is an SDPB reporter based in Sioux Falls. Evan holds a Master’s in English Literature from Southern New Hampshire University and was honorably discharged from the United States Army in 2015, where he served for five years as an infantryman.