PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The fight over carbon pipelines in the state of South Dakota has officially entered its next chapter.
This comes just two weeks after voters rejected Referred Law 21, which was criticized for giving control of carbon pipeline regulations to the state over counties.
Summit Carbon Solutions hopes that South Dakota will join Iowa and North Dakota in approving this pipeline. The organization submitted its second permit application to the Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday, more than a year after its first application was denied.
A decision is also pending in Minnesota for December 12.
With 66 out of 67 South Dakota counties voting no on Referred Law 21, residents made it clear they are not in favor of the carbon pipeline project.
Some landowners are upset, believing this is an attempt by Summit to bypass the will of voters.
“The people have now rejected that and spoken loud and clear, so Summit’s attempt now to go back is just …