Summit Carbon Solutions details 24-inch pipeline changes and payments; Woodbury residents raise safety, property concerns

Summit Carbon Solutions representative Kaylee Gibson told the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors that the company is seeking an amendment to its permit to upsize its planned pipeline to 24 inches, is offering new landowner and county payment options and plans continued outreach and construction oversight. Residents and landowners in public comment raised safety, environmental, insurance and property-value concerns and said litigation and permit actions remain active.

The presentation outlined seven commitments in a “community and landowner partnership” handout Gibson distributed. Gibson said the company will provide a $50,000 emergency-management grant plus $1,000 per mile to counties; a $500 survey payment and 72-hour survey notice for landowners; flexible easement-payment options (a three-part “lump-sum” payment tied to milestones, an annual payment that can be split over up to 10 years, or a payment option tied to owner distributions); and annual stakeholder payments of 25¢ per foot to landowners (rising to 50¢ per foot if 100% of easements in a county are voluntarily secured). Counties, Gibson said, would receive 12.5¢ per foot annually, rising to 25¢ at 100% voluntary acquisition. Gibson said the company will prioritize local and union labor, prequalify contractors and comply with agricultural and environmental mitigation plans; county inspectors…