Ames, IA (Radio Iowa)– Summit Carbon Solutions, one of the companies looking to construct a carbon dioxide pipeline in Iowa is working to comeback after regulators in North Dakota rejected a construction application for a pipeline that would carry material collected from ethanol plants around the region to underground storage.

All three members of North Dakota’s Public Service Commission have voted to reject the proposed 320 mile route for the pipeline in their state.

Summit issued a statement saying it plans to address the commission’s concerns and resubmit its application in North Dakota.

Summit and two other companies have proposed carbon pipeline routes that would run through Iowa.

North Dakota’s Public Service Commission said Summit had not addressed legitimate concerns from some North Dakota landowners and had not sufficiently pursued an alternate route around Bismark, the state capitol.

The Iowa Utilities Board plans to start its hearing on Summit’s pipeline route through the state on August 22nd.
The hearing could last for months.

The company has said it wants a decision by the end of the year on the application to build its pipeline along a 680 mile route through Iowa.