Summit Carbon Solutions faces a critical decision from regulators on April 22. The Des Moines Register says the company may have found a way to salvage its planned carbon capture pipeline in South Dakota if it’s given a chance to do so. Summit’s solution would avoid a legal or political battle against a new law that bars the company from using eminent domain to obtain the land easements it needs to build the pipeline. The company filing with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission says if it's given enough time, it can plan out a route for its $9 million carbon capture pipeline. It would make a plan to eliminate pipeline segments that connect the ethanol plants where there is significant landowner opposition. “By reducing the number of participating plants, eliminating those more problematic line segments, and thereby minimizing the project’s footprint, we can reduce the overall number of opposed landowners,” the filing said.
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