Chris Hill, who’s in charge of permitting for Summit, said in an interview that the company could have applications submitted in North Dakota and South Dakota by the end of February.Other states to be connected along the more than 2,000 mile route of the pipeline are Minnesota and Nebraska, where there is currently not a single state agency with authority over carbon pipelines.
It would send 12 millions tons of CO2 annually to an area northwest of Bismarck, North Dakota, where it can be stored underground.“We’re pleased to have begun the permitting process for Summit Carbon Solutions, which keeps us on schedule to be operational in the first half of 2024,” Bruce Rastetter, CEO of Summit Agricultural Group, said in a news release.The ethanol plants along the route are not being asked to help pay for construction, instead, they will share a portion of the extra revenue that is expected to come from selling ethanol on the low-carbon fuel market after the pipeline is operational.