The head of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says Navigator’s decision to cancel plans for the Heartland Greenway Carbon Pipeline was not a surprise after some of its permit applications were pulled. Monte Shaw says that decision doesn’t change the reality for the ethanol industry.
Shaw says the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association respects Navigator’s decision and continues to support other pipeline projects.
Shaw expects some of the ethanol producers that had signed agreements with Navigator to seek another partner to capture carbon and ship it out of their plants.
Andrew Johnson is one of the landowners who opposed Navigator’s project. Johnson says the pipeline would have run through his Lee County farm.
Johnson says he’ll never again take his property rights for granted.
The Iowa Utilities Board will resume the permit hearing for the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions project in early November.
