Landowners appeal Summit carbon storage decision

(Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) – A group of North Dakota landowners is appealing the state’s approval of an underground carbon storage area for Summit Carbon Solutions, the company attempting to build the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project.
The group filed the appeal in Burleigh County District Court, asserting that the North Dakota Industrial Commission withheld information and violated state law in approving the storage permit plan on December 12.
The permanent underground carbon storage sites in western North Dakota are a key piece of Summit’s planned five-state pipeline network capturing greenhouse gas emissions from ethanol plants.
Landowners who had not signed an agreement with Summit will be forced to allow the carbon storage on their property.
The landowners assert that the Industrial Commission illegally refused to disclose information to landowners under North Dakota open records laws.