Sep 7, 2023 | Actions, PUC
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Landowners are still processing the unanimous decision by the Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday to deny a CO2 pipeline in South Dakota
“All this was a victory not only for us but for all South Dakotans,” said Valley Springs resident Rick Bonander.
Bonander has dedicated many hours to speaking out against the Navigator pipeline, and the PUC’s decision on Wednesday denied their application.
Sep 7, 2023 | Actions, PUC
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted against an application to build a CO-2 pipeline through several counties on the eastern side of the state on Wednesday.
Joy Hohn owns land in Minnehaha County and is pleased with the PUC’s decision to deny the Navigator’s pipeline application, however, the Summit pipeline hearing is next week.
“I know that many landowners are sleeping much better the last few nights and continuing forward we hope that we’ll have that same result for Summit,” said Hohn.
Sep 7, 2023 | Actions, PUC
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- On Wednesday, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission voted 3-0 against Navigator’s request for construction of CO2 pipeline mainly in southeast South Dakota. We got reactions from the Executive Director for Smart Carbon Network, Joe Heinrich & District 3 Representative Brandei Schaefbauer.
We’ll begin with Joe Heinrich who gave his overall thoughts on the PUC decision.
Sep 6, 2023 | Actions
PIERRE — In a unanimous decision, the three-member South Dakota Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday rejected Navigator CO2’s application for a permit to construct the Heartland Greenway carbon capture pipeline in South Dakota.
The commission also unanimously refused the company’s request to preempt county pipeline setback ordinances. The ordinances mandate minimum distances between pipelines and dwellings, schools and other places.
In public comments during Wednesday’s meeting at the state Capitol, Commissioner Kristie Fiegen listed a number of reasons for denying the permit, including what she described as a failure by the company to adequately disclose carbon dioxide plume modeling, and a failure to provide timely notices to some of the landowners along the proposed route. The commission conducted a hearing on the permit application from July 25 to Aug. 8.
Sep 5, 2023 | Actions, PUC
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The state Public Utilities Commission faces three big choices on Wednesday about the future of carbon dioxide pipelines in South Dakota.
The first is whether to grant Navigator a permit to have a branch of its proposed pipeline go through five counties — Lincoln, Turner, Minnehaha, Moody and Brookings — and collect CO2 from ethanol production facilities at Aurora, Chancellor and Hudson.
The second is whether the state commission should override pipeline ordinances in Minnehaha and Moody counties. Those counties’ commissions adopted the ordinances this year, after Navigator had proposed its route. Navigator wants the ordinances overruled.
The third is what additional conditions, if any, Navigator should face if a permit is granted.