(Pierre, SD) — A bill that will prohibit exercise of eminent domain for the use of a carbon capture pipeline is heading to the Governor’s desk. House Bill 10-52 passed in the Senate on a 23-12 vote. Eminent domain is the process of taking private property for public services. The passage of the bill caps off a years-long effort by anti-pipeline landowners and legislators to restrict carbon developers like Summit Carbon Solutions from bringing construction to South Dakota. Summit Carbon, however, is still working through the process of obtaining a permit from state regulators, to build its nearly nine-billion-dollar pipeline that would run through South Dakota and four other surrounding states.
CO2 Eminent Domain Bill Passes
