North Dakota Public Service Commission Hearing on Summit CO2 Pipeline (5/9/23)

The North Dakota Public Service Commission hosted the fourth of five public hearings on a CO2 pipeline permit application from Summit Carbon on May 9 in Linton, N.D. Testimony was heard from witnesses including Gerald Briggs, Warren County, Mississippi Fire Coordinator and a first responder at the 2020 CO2 pipeline rupture in Satartia, MS; Summit COO Jimmy Powell and pipeline engineering consultant John Godfrey; North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Gehring; pipeline engineer Curtis Jundt; a representative from the LiUNA building trades union; and several impacted landowners facing eminent domain seizure of their land against their will for the proposed pipeline project. Landowners are represented by attorneys for the North Dakota Easement Team, part of the Easement Action Teams LLC. Below are video clips of testimony from the hearing, captured by Bold Alliance:

INTRO

Gerald Briggs, Warren County, Mississippi Fire Coordinator (First Responder at 2020 CO2 pipeline rupture in Satartia, MS)

James Powell, COO for Summit

John Godfrey, for Summit

Doug Gehring, North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner

Curtis Jundt, Pipeline Engineer

Pamela Schonert, Landowner

Kevin Bernhardt, Landowner

Ann Bernhardt, Landowner

Devin Whiteford, Laborers International Union (LiUNA)