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Hamilton County Supervisors speak out on use of eminent domain for pipelines
The Hamilton County Supervisors approved a resolution Tuesday objecting to eminent domain for the Summit Carbon Pipeline that will be coming through the county.
Rick Young of Jewell read a portion of the resolution and says using eminent domain for a carbon pipeline for private benefit is not appropriate and should never be done. “People in Iowa work way too hard for their to earn their money, to pay for their property, to have somebody come along and say, I want to use it. I want to dig it up and damage your property just because I want to put a pipeline through,” he says. Young says the pipeline will do other damage as well.”With all the drainage we have in our county, you go for the pipeline through and think that you’re not going to hurt drainage, you’re going to hurt drainage because it’s all going to settle differently,” Young says.
Hamilton County Supervisor Jerry Kloberdanz shared his opinion on the rejection of eminent domain. “Hamilton County Boards of Supervisors objects to the use of eminent domain for private economic gain and urges the Iowa Utilities Commission not to grant Carbon Solutions and their affiliates the use of eminent domain for this project,” he says. Summit Carbon Solutions is holding informational meetings on the expansion of its project with meetings scheduled in Butler and Floyd Counties for Wednesday.
