South Dakota PUC plans public meetings on pipeline project

 

March 23, 2022



Two public meetings are planned that effect local residents.

A public hearing will be held on March 24 to discuss a rule to modify the speed limit on U.S. Highway 12 in and around the east side of Ipswich.

The proposed rule would extend the 30 miles per hour speed limit on the east edge of Ipswich.

The South Dakota Transportation Commission will consider all written and oral comments on the proposed rule before they decide. They may modify or amend the proposed rule.

The meeting will be held at 9 a.m. in the Commission Room of the Becker-Hansen Building at 700 East Broadway Ave. in Pierre.

Public Utilities Commission

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will have a series of public input meetings on the application by SCS Carbon Transport LLC for a permit to construct a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline.

Meetings have been held this week. There will be a public meeting in Redfield on March 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the Redfield School Auditorium. A meeting is planned on Friday, March 25 at 12 noon in the Northern Room at the Ramkota Hotel in Aberdeen.

The PUC received an application for a permit to construct a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline from SCS Carbon Transport LLC, a limited liability company owned by Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC. The applicant proposes to construct and operate a carbon dioxide (CO2) transmission pipeline.

The project is approximately 2,000 miles of pipelines for the transportation of CO2 from more than 30 ethanol plants across five states, including seven ethanol plants in South Dakota, to underground injection control facilities in North Dakota. The line enters South Dakota in Lincoln County at the Iowa/South Dakota border and extends at a northwesterly direction, exiting the state at the South Dakota/North Dakota border in McPherson County.

Major components being built in South Dakota are expected to include four pump stations, 16 main line valves, five launcher-receiver sites, and approximately five miles of access roads as part of the project.

The proposed length of pipelines through South Dakota is approximately 469 miles and will cross the counties of Beadle, Brown, Clark, Codington, Edmunds, Hamlin, Hand, Hyde, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, McPherson, Minnehaha, Miner, Spink, Sully and Turner.

At the meetings the applicant will present a brief description of the project. Then interested persons may appear and present their views, comments and questions.

The Commission will decide whether the permit to construct should be granted, denied or granted with conditions.

 

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