Summit pipeline ruling in North Dakota called a win for local control

By: Jeff Beach

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: October 9, 2026

Words: 668

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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A North Dakota judge ruled Friday that state rules on where infrastructure such as pipelines can be built do not automatically trump local zoning ordinances.

The ruling comes from a case in which a group of landowners and Emmons and Burleigh counties sued the Public Service Commission and pipeline developer Summit Carbon Solutions.

Bismarck attorney Derrick Braaten, who represented Emmons County, said the ruling is a win for local government …

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