Regulators urged to pause Summit carbon pipeline decision
Iowa Farm Bureau asks state regulators to reopen Summit Carbon Solutions permit record to assess how the company's announced expansion will affect the pipeline. Expansion would double connected ethanol plants in Iowa and add about 340 miles of pipe, raising pressures and requiring more pumps and land easements. Summit seeks to move CO2 from at least 57 ethanol producers in five states to North Dakota for underground sequestration, with landowners and routes under review amid consolidation debates and new permit proceedings.