Navigator CO2

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.

Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC has voluntarily withdrawn its Application for a Certificate of Authority to construct the pipeline that would cross through 13 Illinois counties.

Edgar Rodriguez said Navigator should provide regular equipment upgrades and annual training throughout the decades-long life of the pipeline.

Board Chair Scott Schwerer said the county wants to give the federal government time to potentially upgrade safety guidelines for such projects.

In western Illinois, the carbon dioxide pipeline would go through Adams, Brown, Fulton, Hancock, Knox, McDonough, Pike, and Schuyler counties. It would also go through Lee and Des Moines counties in southeast Iowa.