Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
A series of public informational meetings have been scheduled to inform landowners about a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline in Iowa by Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC.
Summit Carbon filed its request for the meeting dates with the Iowa Utilities Board on Aug. 11. The pipeline is proposed to cross 30 Iowa counties, including O'Brien and Clay.
Summit Carbon refers to the proposed carbon capture and storage project in Iowa and four other states as the Midwest Carbon Express. The project proposes to partner with a number of ethanol plants in the five states to capture carbon dioxide emissions and transport the liquefied carbon dioxide to North Dakota where they will be stored in "deep underground geologic storage locations."
The proposed project is classified as a hazardous liquid pipeline, which is governed by Iowa Code chapter 479B and the IUB's administrative rules at 199 Iowa Administrative Code chapter 13. Links to Iowa Code and IUB rules are available on the IUB's website under "Board Activity" in the navigation menu.
The pipeline company is required by law to hold informational meetings in each county in which real property or property rights would be affected. Meetings are to be conducted at least 30 days prior to the company filing a petition for a new pipeline permit. The company will provide notice of the informational meetings to each landowner affected by the proposed pipeline and each person in possession of or residing on the property.
The IUB has scheduled the following in-person informational meetings in this area.
O'Brien County: Wednesday, Sept. 22, noon, Sheldon Community Center, 416 Ninth Street, Sheldon.
Clay County: Friday, Oct. 8, noon, Clay County Fairgrounds, 800 West 18th Street, Spencer.
Written comments or objections to the proposed pipeline can be filed electronically using the IUB's Open Docket Comment Form; by email to [email protected]; or by postal mail to the Iowa Utilities Board, Attn: Docket No. HLP-2021-0001, 1375 E. Court Ave., Des Moines, IA 50319.
To review documents filed in this docket, click on Docket No. HLP-2021-0001 to visit the IUB's electronic filing system (EFS). For assistance with electronic filing of comments, visit https://iub.iowa.gov/how-make-filing-board or call the IUB IT Support team at (515) 725-7337.
For more information about hazardous liquid pipelines, visit the IUB's Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Permits webpage.
