Des Moines, Iowa — There’s been a bit of a setback for one of the companies wanting to build a carbon capture pipeline through northwest Iowa.
News partner KTIV reports the Iowa Utilities Board has rejected an application, from Navigator CO2 Ventures, to hold a scheduling conference for the hearing on their Heartland Greenway pipeline. That conference had originally been scheduled for today, Tuesday, August 15th. Navigator had sought that scheduling conference with the aim of holding their permit hearing before the board next June. But, landowners, the Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, and supervisors from six counties, filed objections to the proposed schedule.
In a ruling, the utilities board has rejected Navigator’s proposed schedule, setting the scheduling hearing for Monday, October 9th. The final date for the permit hearing on Navigator’s application will be set at that time.
The Heartland Greenway pipeline is proposed to go through Lyon County, O’Brien County, and a very small part of Osceola County, as well as several others.
Courtesy Community First Broadcasting station KUOO in Spirit Lake and news partner KTIV in Sioux City
