Date of Notice of Filing: 02/10/22 ♦ Docket Closed: 10/13/23
Most Recent Route Maps Filed with the Commission
The following links show the most recent route maps filed by SCS Carbon Transport LLC.
- Filed 06/21/23 - Amended Appendix 6A - Topo Map Book
- Filed 06/21/23 - Amended Appendix 6B - Soils Map Book
- Filed 06/21/23 - Amended Appendix 6C - Land Use Map Book
Agendas:
February 18, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
April 14, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
April 28, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
May 10, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
June 8, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
July 5, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
July 19, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
October 27, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
November 18, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
December 20, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
January 5, 2023, Agenda of Commission Meeting
January 17, 2023, Agenda of Commission Meeting
February 9, 2023, Agenda of Commission Meeting
April 13, 2023, Agenda of Commission Meeting
July 28, 2023, Agenda of Commission Meeting
August 29, 2023, Agenda of Commission Meeting
September 6, 2023, Agenda of Commission Meeting
Minutes:
Minutes of the February 18, 2022, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the April 14, 2022, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the April 28, 2022 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the May 10, 2022 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the June 8, 2022 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the July 5, 2022 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the July 19, 2022 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the October 27, 2022, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the November 18, 2022 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the December 20, 2022, Commission Meeting
Contact Precision Reporting to order a written transcript of the HP22-001 discussion
Minutes of the January 5, 2023 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the January 17, 2023 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the February 9, 2023 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the April 13, 2023, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the July 28, 2023, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the August 29, 2023 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the September 6, 2023 Commission Meeting
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Pre-filed Testimonies and Exhibits
Public Input Meetings on the Application will be held March 22-25, 2022, in Onida, Sioux Falls, De Smet, Redfield and Aberdeen, South Dakota.- Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Meetings; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
- Party Status Application
- Pipeline Siting Info Guide
- Summit Carbon Solutions Presentation
Sully Buttes High School Gymnasium, 500 S. 8th Street, Onida, South Dakota
- Recording
- Sign-In Sheets
Washington Room, Ramkota Conference Center, 3200 W. Maple Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Thursday, March 24, 2022
12:00 p.m. (noon) CDT
De Smet Event Center, 705 Wilder Lane, De Smet, South Dakota
- Recording - recording quality varies due to technical difficulties
- Sign-In Sheets
- Robert J. Anderson, RH Anderson Family Land LLP's Comments
- Lynn Perry's Comments
- Lynn Perry's Comments Confidental (not available to the public)
Redfield School Auditorium, 111 E. 6th Avenue, Redfield, South Dakota
- Recording
- Sign-In Sheets
Northern Room, Ramkota Hotel, 1400 8th Avenue Northwest, Aberdeen, South Dakota
- Recording
- Sign-In Sheets
- Rob and Jodi Waltman’s Comments
- Rob and Jodi Waltman’s Comments Confidential (not available to the public)
- Ruby Ketterling’s Comments
- Ruby Ketterling’s Comments Confidential (not available to the public)
Orders:
- 02/10/22 - Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Meetings; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
- 02/24/22 - Order Assessing Filing Fee; Order Authorizing Executive Director to Enter Into Consulting Contracts
- 04/26/22 - Order Granting Party Status Applications
- 05/05/22 - Order Granting Party Status; Order Denying Party Status; Order Granting Withdrawal
- 05/13/22 - Order Granting Party Status; Order Denying Party Status
- 06/13/22 - Order Granting, In Part, Motion to Extend Final Decision Deadline; Order Denying Landowners' Motion to Dismiss and In the Alternative Motion for Stay
- 07/07/22 - Order Granting Request to Withdraw Party Status (Greg Alvine)
- 07/25/22 - Order Granting Request to Withdraw Party Status (Hand County and Jayne I. and Blaise V. Fogarty)
- 11/01/22 Order Granting Request to Withdraw Party Status West Central School District (Daniel J. Hoey)
- 11/29/22 - Order Granting Motion for Protective Order
- 01/11/23 - Order Granting Motion for Procedural Schedule; Order Granting Withdrawal of Party Status
- 01/19/23 - Order Denying Renewed Motion to Dismiss and Return Summit’s Application, or in the Alternative, a Motion for Stay
- 01/30/23 - Order For and Notice of Motion Hearing on Less Than 10 Days' Notice
- 02/15/23 - Order Denying Motion to Reconsider Procedural Schedule; Order Setting Date for Final Decision and Order
- 04/18/23 - Order Granting Motion for 10-Day Discovery Response Deadline
- 08/03/23 -Order Granting Motion for Time Certain for Witness Testimony
- 08/14/23 - Order for and Notice of Evidentiary Hearing
- 08/21/23 - Order for and Notice of Motion Hearing on Less Than 10 Days’ Notice
- 09/01/23 – Order Denying Motion to Return Application; Order Granting Motion to Adopt Substitute Witness Testimony; Order Granting Motion for Time Certain for Witness Testimony
- 09/08/23 - Order Granting Request to Withdraw Party Status; Order Granting Limited Intervention; Order Establishing Deadlines for County Prefiled Testimony, Witness Lists and Exhibits
- 09/13/23 - Order Granting Motion to Deny Application of SCS Carbon Transport LLC
Filed Documents:
- 02/07/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding its Application for a Permit to Construct a Carbon Dioxide Transmission Pipeline
- Application
- 02/08/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Appendix 11
- Appendix 11 - Level III Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Confidential (not available to the public)
- Appendix A - Survey Results Maps Confidential (not available to the public)
- Appendix C - Survey Results Tables Confidential (not available to the public)
- Appendix 11 - Level III Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Confidential (not available to the public)
- 02/08/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Testimony
- 02/09/22 - Commissioner Fiegen's Letter to Governor Noem regarding Disqualification from the Docket
- 02/10/22 - Certifcate of Service
- 02/17/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Proof of Service to County Auditors
- Cover Letters to County Auditors
- Cover Letters to County Auditors
- 02/18/22 - Commissioner Nelson's Data Request
- 02/22/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Response to Commissioner Nelson
- 02/23/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Response to Commissioner Nelson's February 18, Letter
- 02/24/22 - Governor Noem's Letter to Josh Haeder regarding Appointment
- 03/07/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Email Communications from Senator Schoenbeck
- 03/09/22 - Staff's Letter to Dr. Jenna Carlson Deitmeier regarding Subpoena
- 03/09/22 - Staff's Subpoena of Lucy Blocker
- 03/09/22 - Staff's Subpoena of Jaclyn McGuire
- 03/09/22 - Staff's Subpoena of Hilary Morey
- 03/11/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Appendix 6
- 03/11/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Landowner Notification
- 03/17/22 - Staff’s Memorandum on Intervention
- 03/22/22 - Staff’s Subpoena of Tim Cowman, State Geologist
- 03/22/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Proof of Mailing
- Proof of Mailing
- Exhibit A - Public Hearing Notice Letter
- Exhibit B - Landowner List Confidential not available to the public
- Proof of Mailing
- 03/24/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Summit Carbon Solutions' Public Input Meeting Presentation
- 03/24/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Lake County Commissioner Aaron Johnson's Pipeline Route
- 03/25/22 - Notice of Public Meetings, Newspaper Affidavits of Publication
- Aberdeen News (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- Clark County Courier (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- De Smet Kingsbury Journal (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- Hayti Hamlin County Herald Enterprise (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- Huron Plainsman (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- Ipswich Tribune (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- Madison Daily Leader (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- Redfield Press (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- Sioux Falls Argus Leader (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- Watertown Public Opinion (February 16, March 2 and March 16, 2022)
- Canton Sioux Valley News (February 17, February 24 and March 17, 2022)
- Highmore Herald (February 17, February 24 and March 17, 2022)
- Howard Miner County Pioneer (February 17, February 24 and March 17, 2022)
- Leola McPherson County Herald (February 17, February 24 and March 17, 2022)
- Onida Watchman (February 17, February 24 and March 17, 2022)
- Parker New Era (February 17, February 24 and March 17, 2022)
- Salem The Special (February 17, February 24 and March 17, 2022)
- Hartford Minnehaha Messenger (February 18, February 25 and March 18, 2022)
- Tea Weekly (February 18, February 25 and March 18, 2022)
- Miller Press (February 19, February 26 and March 19, 2022)
- 03/31/22 - Farm Forum, Notice of Public Meetings, Affidavit of Publication
- 04/01/22 - Tri-State Neighbor, Notice of Public Meetings, Affidavit of Publication
- 04/08/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Project Overview Map
- 04/12/22 - Staff's Letter regarding Response to Applications for Party Status
- 04/12/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Response to Applications for Party Status
- 04/14/22 - Staff's Letter regarding Amended Exhibit A
- 04/14/22 - Staff's Letter regarding Applicants for Party Status
- 04/20/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Testimony
- 04/22/22 - PUC Staff’s Response to New and Deferred Applications for Party Status
- 04/28/22 - Affected Landowners’ Motion for Approval of Party Status Applications Filed After April 8, 2022, and Motion for Extension of Intervention Deadline or in the Alternative Motion for Stay of All Proceedings (Domina Law Group PC LLO)
- 05/06/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Supplemental Testimony of James Powell and Economic Impact Report
- 05/09/22 - Staff’s Letter regarding Applications for Party Status
- 05/09/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Motion to Extend Deadline to June 15, 2023, for a Scheduling Order and for Pre-Filed Testimony
- 05/10/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Maps
- Exhibit A - Lake County
- Exhibit B - McPherson County
- Exhibit C - Edmunds County
- Exhibit D - Lake County Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit E - McPherson County Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit F - Edmunds County Confidential (not available to the public)
- 05/16/22 - Commission Counsel Email to All Parties
- 05/17/22 - Landowners’ Motion to Dismiss and in the Alternative Motion for Stay and Objection to Summit’s Motion to Extend Deadlines and for Scheduling Order and Motion to Extend Deadlines and Certificate of Service
- 05/25/22 - Notice of Appearance (Thomas H. Frieberg, City of Hartford)
- 06/01/22 - Staff Response to Applicant’s Motion to Extend Deadline and Intervenors’ Motion to Dismiss or Stay
- 06/01/22 - Dakota Ethanol, LLC, Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC, Redfield Energy, LLC and Ringneck Energy, LLC's Response to Landowner Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternative Stay the Proceeding and Certificate of Service
- 06/01/22 - Staff’s Certificate of Service for Service by First Class Mail
- 06/01/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Resistance to Landowners' Motion for Approval of Party Status Applications Filed after April 28, 2022, and Motion for Extension of Intervention Deadline or in the Alternative Motion for Stay of all Proceedings and Applicant's Resistance to Landowners Motion to Dismiss
- 06/06/22 - Staff’s Letter regarding Staff’s Response to Applicant’s Motion to Extend Deadline and Intervenor’s Motion to Dismiss or Stay filed on June 1, 2022
- 06/07/22 - Landowners' Reply to PUC Staff and Applicant's Responses to Motion to Dismiss and in the Alternative Motion for Stay and Objection to Summit's Motion to Extend Deadlines and for Scheduling Order and Motion to Extend Deadlines and Certificate of Service
- 06/07/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Resistance to Landowners' Reply to PUC Staff and Applicant's Responses to Motion to Dismiss and Alternative Motions
- 06/15/22 - Commission Counsel’s Email to Intervenor Greg Alvine regarding Request to Withdraw
- 06/17/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Project
- 07/11/22 - Hand County's Request to Withdraw as an Intervenor
- 07/12/22 - Jayne I. Fogarty and Blaise V. Fogarty's Request to Withdraw from Party Status
- 07/27/22 - Spink County's Letter regarding Moratorium on Pipeline Conditional Use Permits in Spink County, South Dakota
- 07/27/22 - Comments of Intervenor Representative Karla Lems
- 07/28/22 - PUC Response to Intervenor Representative Karla Lems
- 07/29/22 - Notice of Appearance (Pederson Ag, LLC and Karla J. Lems)
- 08/01/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Revised Map Books and Revised Application Filing Date
- 08/01/22 - Peterson Law Office, P.C.'s Letter regarding Amended Notices of Appearance
- 08/08/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC’s Certificate of Service
- 10/13/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Notice of Appearance and Supplemental Application
- Notice of Appearance, (Aaron P. Scheibe)
- Supplement of the Application
- Amended Appendix 1 - Construction Spread Overview Map
- Amended Appendix 4 - Route Alternatives
- Amended Appendix 6A - Topo Map Book
- Amended Appendix 6B - Soils Map Book
- Amended Appendix 6C - Land Use Map Book
- Appendix 6D - Route Variance Overview Map Book
- Amended Appendix 7 - Soil Map Units Crossed by the Project
- Amended Appendix 8 - Waterbody Crossings
- Amended Appendix 9 - Wetland Report
- Amended Appendix 10 - Threatened and Endangered Species Report
- Amended Appendix 11 - Level III Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Confidential (not available to the public)
- Addendum Report Confidential (not available to the public)
- Amended Appendix A - Survey Results Maps Confidential (not available to the public)
- Amended Appendix C - Survey Results Tables Confidential (not available to the public)
- Amended Appendix 12 - Unanticipated Discovery Plan
- Appendix 13 - County Moratoria and Permitting
- Certificate of Service
- 10/13/22 - Daniel Hoey's Request to Withdraw Party Status
- 11/03/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Supplemental Testimonies and Resumes
- 11/04/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Testimony, Resume and Motion for Scheduling Order
- 11/08/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Motion for Protective Order and Proposed Protective Order
- 11/09/22 - Intervenor William G. Haugen Jr., DEH III, LLC’s Comments regarding Evidentiary Hearing
- 11/10/22 - Comments by Intervenors Dwayne Pederson Land Co. LLC, Pederson Ag LLC, KKKP LLP and Dakota Aeration Inc. regarding Evidentiary Hearing
- 11/10/22 - John P. Peterson, Peterson Law Office's Letter regarding Notice of Appearance
- 11/10/22 - Intervenor Sherwood Beek’s Comments regarding Evidentiary Hearing
- 11/10/22 - Landowners’ Opposition to Summit’s Motion for Scheduling Order
- 11/16/22 - Intervenor International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 49’s Comments regarding Evidentiary Hearing
- 11/17/22 - Intervenor Lake County's Response regarding Evidentiary Hearing
- 11/17/22 - Intervenor Great Plains’ Laborers’ District Council’s Comments regarding Evidentiary Hearing
- 11/18/22 - Intervenor City of Hartford's Response regarding Evidentiary Hearing
- 12/09/22 - Staff’s Proposal for Procedural Schedule
- 12/09/22 - South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems Response to Staff’s Proposal for Procedural Schedule
- 12/09/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Staff’s Proposal for Procedural Schedule
- 12/12/22 - Landowners’ Opposition to Summit’s Motion for Scheduling Order and Board Request for Scheduling Proposals and in the Alternative Landowners’ Proposed Scheduling Order
- 12/13/22 - Jody Eli-Ackerman's Request to Withdraw Party Status
- 12/15/22 - Notice of Appearance (Ryan Cwach, Intervenors)
- 12/16/22 - Landowners’ Motion for Clarification and Modification of Protective Order
- 12/19/22 - Landowners’ Motion to Continue Hearing on Proposed Scheduling Order
- 12/19/22 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Reply to Landowners' Opposition to Motion for Scheduling Order and Board Request for Scheduling Proposals
- 12/19/22 - Landowners’ Renewed Motion to Dismiss and Return Summit’s Application or in the Alternative Motion for Stay and Certificate of Service
- 12/28/22 - Commission Attorney’s Prehearing Conference Certificate of Service, Service by Email
- 12/28/22 - John P. Peterson, Peterson Law Office’s Letter regarding Prehearing Conference
- 12/28/22 - The Ethanol Plants’ Objection to Landowners’ Renewed Motion to Dismiss, Motion to Stay in the Alternative and Certificate of Service
- 01/03/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Circuit Court Order
- 01/03/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Scheduling
- 01/03/23 - Commission Counsel Email to Intervenor Attorney Brian Jorde
- 01/03/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Proof of Mailing
- Proof of Mailing
- Exhibit A - Letter to Landowners
- Exhibit B - Landowner List Confidential (not available to the public)
- Proof of Mailing
- 01/04/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Objection to Landowners' Renewed Motion to Dismiss, Motion to Stay in the Alternative
- Exhibit B - Landowner List Confidential (not available to the public)
- 01/04/23 - Intervenors Sid and Launa Feickert’s Comments regarding Scheduling
- 01/09/23 - Staff's Response to Landowners’ Renewed Motion to Dismiss and Return Summit’s Application or In the Alternative Motion for Stay
- 01/13/23 – Notice of Appearance (Ellie Bailey, SDARWS and SDREA) and Certificate of Service
- 01/20/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Motion to Reconsider Procedural Schedule
- 01/25/23 - Landowners’ Resistance to Summit’s Motion to Reconsider
- 01/25/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Motion and February 9th, 2023, Notice of Hearing
- 01/30/23 - PUC Staff’s Response to Applicant’s Motion to Reconsider
- 01/31/23 - Intervenor Judy Marx's Answers to Interrogatories of Summit Carbon Transport LLC
- 02/01/23 - The Ethanol Plants’ Joinder to Motion for Definitive Date for Final Decision and Order and Certificate of Service
- 02/01/23 - Order for and Notice of Motion Hearing on Less than 10 Days’ Notice Certificate of Service
- 02/06/23 - Comments of Intervenors Melvin and Marian Kallas
- 03/20/23 - Staff's Subpoena of Jaron Condley
- 03/20/23 - Staff’s Motion for Ten-Day Discovery Response Deadline
- 05/23/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Route Realignments
- 06/02/23 - Subpoena Duces Tecum (Jim Seurer) from Landowner Intervenors Represented by Brian Jorde and Certificate of Service
- 06/05/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Amended Exhibit 6A
- 06/14/23 - Staff’s Subpoena of Trish Kindt
- 06/21/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Amended Exhibits 6A, 6B and 6C
- 07/18/23 - Staff's Motion for Time Certain for Witness Testimony
- 07/19/23 - Staff's Certificate of Service
- 08/01/23 - Brown County’s Email regarding Resolution
- 08/04/23 - Spink County’s Email regarding Resolution
- 08/09/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Motion to Adopt Substitute Witness Testimony and Alexander Lange's Testimony
- 08/11/23 – Commission Attorney’s Email regarding Evidentiary Hearing
- 08/15/23 – Staff’s Notice of Adoption of Prefiled Testimony
- 08/18/23 - South Dakota Telecommunications Association's Motion for Time Certain Witness Testimony
- 08/18/23 - Landowners’ Motion to Return Application
- 08/21/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Motion for Order Preempting County Ordinances
- 08/24/23 - Staff’s Response to Landowners’ Motion to Return Application
- 08/24/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Objection to Landowners' Motion to Return Application
- 08/24/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Objection to Landowners' Motion for Time Certain
- 08/24/23 - Spink County’s Email regarding Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Ordinances
- 08/25/23 - Intervenor Spink County’s Ordinance Title 17.29 Hazardous Liquid Pipeline and 17.02 Definitions
- 08/25/23 - South Dakota Rural Electric Association's Motion for Time Certain
- 08/28/23 - Pente Farms LLC’s Request to Withdraw as an Intervenor
- 08/28/23 - Staff's Motion for Time Certain for Evidence on the Issue of County Preemption
- 08/30/23 - Notice of Appearance (Reed Rasmussen, Rodrick L. Tobin and
Siegel Barnett & Schutz, L.L.P. for WEB Water Development Association, Inc.) - 08/31/23 - Minnehaha County’s Motion to Intervene for Limited Purpose and Motion for Time Certain to Present Evidence on County Preemption
- 08/31/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Supplemental Application
- 08/31/23 - Notice of Appearance (Joshua K. Finer, Jack H. Hieb, and
Ryan S. Vogel, of Richardson, Wyly, Wise, Sauck & Hieb for Spink County, McPherson County and Brown County) - 09/05/23 - Staff’s Notice of Adoption of Prefiled Testimony
- 09/06/23 - WEB Water Development Association, Inc.'s Motion for Time Certain to Present Evidence
- 09/06/23 - Staff’s Written Objections
- 09/06/23 - Notice of Special Appearance on Behalf of Minnehaha County and Minnehaha County Commission
- 09/07/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Withdrawal of Motion for Order Preempting County Ordinances
- 09/08/23 - PUC Staff's Motion to Deny Application Pursuant to SDCL 49-41B-13(1) and SDCL 49-41B-13(2)
- 09/08/23 - PUC Staff's Motion to Amend Filing Fee
- 09/08/23 - SCS Carbon Transport LLC's Letter regarding Response to Staff Motion to Deny Application
- 09/08/23 - Landowners' Joinder in Staff Motion to Dismiss and Certificate of Service
- 09/20/23 - PUC Staff's Letter regarding PHMSA's Letter
- 10/13/23 - Docket Closed