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Summit Carbon outlines CO2 pipeline plan for Webster County as residents raise safety and property‑rights concerns
Summary
Summit Carbon presented details of a proposed CO2 pipeline through Webster County — including easement payments, community grants and an estimated $4 million in annual property taxes — while residents questioned eminent domain, safety near schools and why pipeline diameter increased in places.
Summit Carbon representatives told the Webster County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 7 that the company is advancing a CO2 pipeline project that would run more than 60 miles through the county and create a mix of upfront easement payments, annual per‑foot stakeholder payments and county community grants.
"We can do an upfront easement payment... or spread it out," said JD Myers, ag and stakeholder relations for Summit (Speaker 4), outlining options the company has offered landowners. Myers described an "annual stakeholder payment, paid per foot on the ground that it goes across," a $500 survey payment for on‑site surveys and an Ag Impact Mitigation Plan filed with the state. He said the company committed to a $50,000 community grant per county and noted the Webster County mileage would add an additional roughly $60,000 to that total.
Mike Higgins, Summit's COO (Speaker 10), told the board the company has adjusted easement options after landowner…
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