A unanimous decision by North Dakota's Public Service Commission to deny Summit Carbon Solutions' permit application for an ethanol carbon pipeline has the company planning to start over with a new application.
The press release from the Commission, PSC Denies Siting Permit for Summit Carbon Pipeline Project, is embedded below:
SD PSC Summit Carbon Pipeline Order uploaded by Sally Jo Sorensen on Scribd
At AgWeek, Jeff Beach reports in North Dakota denies Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline permit; company says it will try again:
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota regulators have denied a route permit for the controversial carbon capture pipeline project planned by Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions, but the company says it will try again.
The three-member Public Service Commission voted unanimously on Friday, Aug. 4, to deny the permit application.
Summit responded with this statement: "Summit Carbon Solutions respects the decision by the North Dakota Public Service Commission, and we will revisit our proposal and reapply for our permit. We're committed to understanding and incorporating the considerations outlined in the decision. We are confident that our project supports state policies designed to boost key economic sectors: agriculture, ethanol, and energy."
Meeting in Bismarck, the commission outlined several areas where Summit’s permit application was deficient:
- Summit did not sufficiently explore an alternate route south of Bismarck instead of east and north of the city.
- Summit did not adequately explore route alternatives for some landowners along the route.
- Summit did not adequately mitigate impacts of some waterfowl protection areas along the route.
- The application did not adequately address impacts on cultural resources.
Commission Chairman Randy Christmann said after the vote that Summit could choose to start over and reapply or appeal the decision to the courts. . . .
Summit's project, now expected to top $5 billion, has been billed as the world's largest carbon capture project. But it has fallen behind it's orginal timeline to start construction in 2023. North Dakota would have been the first state to grant Summit a pipeline route permit. . . .
'Summit says the ethanol plants will be able to sell their corn-based fuel at a premium in markets that have adopted low carbon fuel standards, such as California and Canada.
Opponents cite potential problems such as damage to farmland, negative effects on property values, and safety hazards.
Read the entire article at AgWeek, the agricultural publication from Forum Communications.
At SDPB, Evan Walton reports in North Dakota commission denies Summit's pipeline application, ". . .The PSC is North Dakota's equivalent of South Dakota's Public Utilities Commission. . . North Dakota’s decision comes ahead of Summit’s hearing in South Dakota set for Sept. 11-22."
Update: At the Iowa Capital Dispatch (and other States Newroom sites) Jared Strong reports North Dakota denies Summit Carbon a pipeline permit [end update].
Map: Summit's proposed ethanol carbon pipeline route. Via Clean Up The River Environment (CURE).
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