Senate Republican Leader Mike Klimesh offered a pipeline-related plan in January that did not come up for a vote during this year’s legislative session. He plans to offer it again next year.
“It didn’t just deal with Summit Carbon Solutions…It dealt with all the linear infrastructure being built in the state,” Klimesh said. “…We want to make sure we have good policies in place so the next pipeline that’s built — maybe it’s an oil pipeline, maybe it’s a natural gas pipeline, so the next company that’s looking to build infrastructure in the state can follow those same guidelines.”
The main part of Klimesh’s bill would widen the corridors for pipelines by five miles — on either side of the proposed route. Klimesh says that would give developers the flexibility to adjust the pipeline’s path and avoid landowners who refuse to grant a voluntary easement on their property. It also prohibits pipeline representatives from making in-person contact with a landowner who’s said they don’t want the pipeline on their property.
