Redfield Press: Landowners meet in Redfield to discuss CO2 Pipeline

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By Shiloh Appel, 2/24/22

“On the frigid winter evening of Wednesday, February 2nd, at 5:30p.m., landowners from 12 counties were invited to the Spink County 4-H building in Redfield to discuss the Summit Carbon Solutions carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline. Not all 12 counties invited were represented at the meeting, but approximately 80 landowners were in attendance.

“In the February 2nd landowner meeting in Redfield, local farmers and ranchers discussed their concerns with the project. They also showed a video of the CO2 pipeline rupture that occurred in Satartia, Mississippi in February of 2020, causing 49 hospitalizations. “We have a lot of concerns on this project. We worry about the safety. With the video that we have shown, there are a lot of things that could potentially happen.We are a little tired. Seems like a lot of our rights are going to be taken away. They just want us to sit out here and pay taxes on it. We have a lot of concern for the future. What are our kids going to have left? What are our grandkids going to have left?” Said a local landowner at the meeting… “I am opposed to it for a couple three reasons. Number one, I don’t think a for-profit company should be able to use eminent domain to take our land,” said Ed Fischbach.

“I am also opposed to it because of the safety concern I have on the line. You saw the video in the back of the room there. We’ve had an incident like that happen in Mississippi where several people were poisoned and rendered unconscious…

“Mark Lapka also brought up that several affected landowners have signed up for a collective representation with attorney Brian Jorde from Nebraska. “He is one of, if not the best, pipeline attorneys on behalf of landowners in the country. Not just the state of Nebraska,” said Lapka.