South Dakota law raises questions about future of massive Midwest pipeline

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South Dakota law raises questions about future of massive Midwest pipeline

BY SARAH RAZA AND JACK DURA
Updated 12:03 AM EDT, March 9, 2025
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500 mile (4,023-kilometer) project snaking through five Midwest states.

Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind the estimated $8.9 billion pipeline, vowed to keep pursuing the project despite South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden’s announcement Thursday that he had signed a bill into law that will make routing the line much more difficult. The law bans Summit from forcing South Dakota landowners to allow the pipeline through their property.

Plans call for the pipeline to carry greenhouse gas emissions from more than 50 ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota to a spot in North Dakota, where it would be permanently stored underground.

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Dura reported from Bismarck, North Dakota.

JACK DURA
Dura covers the North Dakota state government for The Associated Press. He is based in Bismarck, North Dakota.