(Algona)– The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors is expressing opposition to the use of eminent domain for a pair of proposed carbon pipelines that would run through the county if constructed. Eminent domain is the government’s power to declare private property can be converted to a public use, like the pathway for a pipeline.
The supervisors’ letter to the Iowa Utilities Board says it should be up to landowners to decide if they want the carbon pipelines on their property.
Summit Carbon Solutions has proposed a pipeline to ship liquefied carbon dioxide from Iowa to North Dakota. It would run through Kossuth County from east to west South of Algona. Navigator Carbon Ventures wants to build a pipeline that would run in the northwest part of Kossuth County.
The same companies are proposing pipelines that would also go through a portion of Dickinson county and most neighboring counties.
