IUB/Summit Pipeline Info Meetings Tuesday in Floyd, Mitchell Counties

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) hosts a pair of public informational meetings for a possible addition to Summit Carbon Solutions underground carbon capture pipeline network in north Iowa.

Summit already proposes a branch of its Midwest Carbon Express pipeline to start with the Homeland Energy Solutions ethanol plant, between Lawler and New Hampton, and build west through Chickasaw, Floyd and Cerro Gordo counties among others. Summit recently added the Absolute Energy ethanol plant near St. Ansgar to its network and is seeking another 30 miles of pipe to connect it to its current proposed pipeline in Floyd County near Rockford.

While Summit is still working through its permit process with the IUB for its original pipeline proposal, the company seeks a second permit for the additional pipeline, since modifying its existing request would likely delay the permit proceedings. 

The IUB and reps from Summit will host an informational meeting for landowners in Mitchell County Tuesday from noon to 3 pm at the Cedar River Complex Events Center in Osage. That will be followed by a session Tuesday evening from 6 to 9 pm at the Youth Enrichment Center on the Floyd County Fairgrounds, just west of Charles City.

Summit was recently successful in expediting its current permit process when the IUB set a final evidentiary hearing for the original permit from 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday, August 22nd at the Cardiff Event Center at Fort Frenzy in Fort Dodge.