Push to build more CO2 pipelines and store vast amounts of the gas underground in Illinois raises alarms about safety regulations
The United States, currently home to about 5,300 miles of CO2 pipeline, could have more than 68,000 miles by 2050, according toNavigator declined to do a phone interview but said in writing that current state and federal pipeline regulations are sufficient.
This is the “forever home” Sanders and her husband, Eric, a farmer, built 25 years ago on 5 acres of family land. Her late father, a carpenter, helped with construction, as did her father-in-law, a retired farmer who used a scoop tractor to lift shingles to the roof.But Sanders, 54, a community college vice president, said she won’t stay if Navigator succeeds in its plan to run a high-pressure carbon dioxide pipeline about 400“It’s a huge decision,” said Sanders.
“Nothing prevents them from putting right next to your house,” said pipeline safety consultant Richard Kuprewicz, author ofThe pipeline proposal still needs the approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission and permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency.
“People were dropping like flies all over the place,” said Kuprewicz, referring to those who passed out. “I’m not here to scare people. It’s just the reality. I don’t fear this stuff, but it demands great respect.”Two hundred people — including those prevented from driving through the area — were evacuated because of a rupture that occurred due to a landslide. The soil advanced downhill toward the pipeline, creating pressure and causing a weld to fail.
Burns, who was found unconscious in a car during the CO2 release, said he was exposed to the gas for about three hours. The gas, which started leaking at 7:06 p.m., appears to have reached the outskirts of Satartia by 7:18 p.m., according to a detailed account in HuffPost.Unlike natural gas, carbon dioxide migrates in fairly unpredictable ways, depending on the weather and terrain. It can continue on for miles in dangerous — or even fatal — concentrations, according to Pipeline Safety Trust executive director Bill Caram.
“That’s critical,” Caram said, and the search for the right candidate — one that stays with the escaping gas and won’t react with CO2 and corrode the pipeline — is ongoing.
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