The South Dakota House State Affairs Committee voted 10-3 to advance a bill preventing the use of eminent domain for the development of carbon dioxide pipelines in the state. The legislation was introduced on January 15 and referred to the House State Affairs Committee, which addressed it on January 24. During the hearing, numerous landowners testified in support of the bill, while representatives from Summit Carbon Solutions, the South Dakota Ethanol Producers Association, and several other ethanol producers testified against the legislation. Ethanol Producer Dot Com says an attorney representing Summit clarified that the bill purports to eliminate the privilege of eminent domain from the Summit pipeline project based on what it carries, which is a non-flammable, not-explosive gas that is emitted into the state’s air daily. To develop the pipeline project, Summit is seeking easements from landowners to bury a pipeline underground. The company says, “There’s no land grab here.”
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