Summit Carbon Solutions' multibillion-dollar carbon sequestration pipeline is in stasis. Summit Carbon, an Ames, Iowa-based carbon pipeline developer, filed a Wednesday motion with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to suspend its permit application and extend the regulator's deadline to issue said permit "indefinitely.

PIERRE, S.D. ( South Dakota Searchlight) – Summit Carbon Solutions wants the schedule of proceedings for its South Dakota permit application “paused for review and adjustment” after the state’s Legislature and governor approved a ban on the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines.

A Summit spokesperson insists the surveys of the proposed pipeline route are “critical to demonstrating the feasibility of construction and operation along the proposed route.”

South Dakota landowners scored a victory after a bill to block Summit from using eminent domain to acquire land passed the House and Senate.

Summit Carbon Solutions wants the schedule of proceedings for its South Dakota permit application “paused for review and adjustment” after that state’s Legislature and governor approved a ban on the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines.

Summit Carbon Solutions Requests More Time For CO2 Pipeline Application In South Dakota

The company behind an $8.9 billion carbon-capture pipeline proposed for five Midwestern states said Wednesday it wants to indefinitely delay its plans after South Dakota passed a law limiting its ability to acquire land for the project.

Ames' Summit Carbon Solutions filed a motion in South Dakota to pause its pipeline permit application and extend a permit decision "indefinitely"

Summit Carbon Solutions requested a scheduling change after a new state law blocked it from using eminent domain.