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Summit Carbon Solutions is asking a court to pause a lawsuit against its Iowa pipeline permit.

The company wants to first amend its permit after facing setbacks in the Dakotas.

A judge is now deciding whether to pause the case, send it back to regulators, or let it continue.

Attorneys for Summit Carbon Solutions argued Friday in Polk County District Court in Iowa that the company’s proposed amendment to its permit for a carbon sequestration pipeline through Iowa should be decided on before a legal case against the permit can move forward.

The Iowa Utilities Commission approved a permit in June 2024 for Summit Carbon Solutions to build more than 600 miles of a carbon sequestration pipeline in Iowa, with the condition that the company gain permits in the Dakotas

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