Brown County and its county commissioners are the latest targets for legal action by Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline.

The company filed suit against the county and its commission, following the same script it is using in suing Edmunds County. Ronald Alverson, a founder of Dakota Ethanol in Lake County, is also a plaintiff.

The lawsuit comes after the commission voted in July to enact a moratorium on new hazardous waste pipelines, via Resolution 33-22. Summit’s lawsuit says the commission called out Summit’s pipeline proposal as the impetus for the resolution.

“In fact,” the lawsuit says, “minutes before moving for the passage of Resolution #33-22 and voting in favor of it, Commissioner (Dennis) Feickert expressed his concerns over a possible pipeline rupture and discussed how Resolution #33-22’s moratorium would provide time to consider setback requirements as a means of addressing those safety concerns.”

The resolution passed unanimously.

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