KELO: SDPUC lets more intervene in CO2 pipeline case

via KELO
by Bob Mercer, 4/28/22

“The company seeking a state permit to build a carbon dioxide pipeline through eastern South Dakota hasn’t yet filed a final route plan. And that’s raised uncertainty for landowners along it who aren’t sure whether their properties are within the 10 miles distance that would allow them to intervene,” KELO reports.

“Attorney Brett Koenecke of Pierre, who represents Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions, told state regulators on Thursday that he’s been pushing to get the final map. “It needs to be done,” Koenecke acknowledged… “Commission chairman Chris Nelson told Koenecke on Thursday that such specific information is needed. “We’ve got to know what the route is to know what we’re permitting,” Nelson said.

Omaha, Nebraska, lawyer Brian Jorde represents many of the landowners along the route. Jorde filed a motion Thursday calling for the commission to keep the period open for landowners to intervene for 60 days after the commission receives the final map. “We simply have no idea of what’s being permitted or what the request is,” Jorde told the commission. “The starting point is, what’s the route? We don’t know.”