(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County, Tuesday morning, unanimously passed a motion to hire Snyder and Associates Engineers for inspection services, with regard to the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions carbon dioxide pipeline. The proposed pipeline would run 18-miles through the western portion of Montgomery County, to Green Plains Renewable Energy, LLC.

As of the last report, Summit had received nearly 40% of the required land for the project through voluntary easements in Iowa, but building permits have yet to be submitted in Montgomery County. Supervisor Donna Robinson said she preferred Snyders as the Inspecting Engineer because of the completeness of their presentation and past experience the County has had with the company.

Board member Charla Schmid says she too, was impressed with the company. The Board had discussed waiting until next week to act on approving an inspection service, because some members wanted to get additional input from Supervisors attending the upcoming ISAC (Iowa State Association of Counties) meeting.

Proposed Summit Pipeline

But in the end, they didn’t want to wait much longer to get the ball rolling, but that doesn’t mean they can’t continue to get more information and opinions.
Donna Robinson…

The next step is for the County’s Letter of Intent to be updated by the County Attorney and submitted to Snyder’s for their approval.