Navigator CO2

Opponents argued that eminent domain should not be used to take land for a private company’s project.

The company cancelled the project ten days after withdrawing its application before the Illinois Commerce Commission.

The company said it “has elected to reassess the route and other aspects” of the project.

Proposed projects would add more than 3,000 miles of new carbon pipelines through rural parts of the Midwest. Some emergency officials are concerned about safety, especially after a rupture on a similar pipeline three years ago.

14 county board members voted in favor of intervening. One voted against it and one abstained from the vote.

The Law and Legal Committee is recommending the county intervene in Navigator's new case before the Illinois Commerce Commission, just as it did with Navigator’s earlier application.

Heartland Greenway LLC refiled its application with the Illinois Commerce Commission last Friday after voluntarily withdrawing it at the end of January.

Iowa environmentalists and landowners are advocating for Iowa lawmakers to address three proposed carbon pipelines and ban the use of eminent domain for the projects.

A study done for the ethanol industry predicts dire consequences if carbon dioxide pipelines don’t go forward in Iowa but do in other states.

The company offered the county $600,000 a year for 30 years in exchange for cooperation on the pipeline.