The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has rejected a request to meet next week to discuss a schedule for Navigator CO2 Ventures’ carbon dioxide pipeline permit process.
Navigator, which wants to build portions of its pipeline in Floyd, Butler, Franklin, Bremer and Fayette counties, suggested a schedule last month that includes a start date for its final evidentiary hearing in June 2024. They also seek a decision on its permit request in October 2024.
In a recent order denying the company’s request to meet this week, the IUB said, “The board will not adopt the tentative proposed schedule filed by Navigatorâ€
The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports that it’s unclear in the order whether the board merely objected to a meeting this week or if it disagreed with the broader schedule.
The IUB has et a scheduling conference for the company’s permit request in early October. That would follow a self-imposed deadline by the company to complete its list of land parcels that might be subject to eminent domain.
In its response to those objections, Navigator said it wants to solidify a schedule to avoid claims that its permit process is being rushed, which has dogged the permit application of Summit Carbon Solutions.
