A series of public informational meetings have been scheduled to inform landowners about a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline in Iowa by Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC.

Locally, a meeting is scheduled at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at Sheldon Community Center, 416 Ninth Street, Sheldon.

Summit Carbon filed its request for the meeting dates with the Iowa Utilities Board on Aug. 11. The pipeline is proposed to cross 30 Iowa counties, including O’Brien and Clay.

Summit Carbon refers to the proposed carbon capture and storage project in Iowa and four other states as the Midwest Carbon Express. The project proposes to partner with a number of ethanol plants in the five states to capture carbon dioxide emissions and transport the liquefied carbon dioxide to North Dakota where they will be stored in “deep underground geologic storage locations.”

The pipeline company is required by law to hold informational meetings in each county in which real property or property rights would be affected. Meetings are to be conducted at least 30 days prior to the company filing a petition for a new pipeline permit. The company will provide notice of the informational meetings to each landowner affected by the proposed pipeline and each person in possession of or residing on the property.

A meeting is planned in Clay County Clay County at noon on Friday, Oct. 8 at the Clay County Fairgrounds, 800 West 18th Street, Spencer. For more information about hazardous liquid pipelines, visit the IUB’s Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Permits webpage.