2 Lawsuits Against Summit Allowed to Advance

Lenora Kenner, center, of Bismarck. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

(By: Jeff Beach. North Dakota Monitor) – Two North Dakota judges have ruled that lawsuits filed by landowners against carbon pipeline company Summit Carbon Solutions can proceed over objections about court procedures.

Several landowners are suing Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions, which is attempting to build a network of pipelines across five states. The pipelines would take carbon dioxide emissions captured at ethanol plants to sites in western North Dakota for permanent underground storage.

Attorneys for Summit had filed motions to dismiss the lawsuits, arguing that not all parties involved were properly notified and that the cases were not filed in the proper court.

South Central Judicial District Court Judge Pam Nesvig issued her ruling  rejecting Summit’s arguments in one case in which landowners are suing Summit and the North Dakota Public Service Commission.