The company behind an $8.9 billion carbon-capture pipeline proposed for five Midwestern states said Wednesday it wants to indefinitely delay its plans after South Dakota passed a law limiting its ability to acquire land for the project.

South Dakota landowners scored a victory after a bill to block Summit from using eminent domain to acquire land passed the House and Senate.

Summit Carbon Solutions has asked the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to suspend the current schedule for its application on a carbon dioxide pipeline in the state.

South Dakota's governor has signed a bill into law that bans the taking of private property for building carbon dioxide pipelines.

Ames' Summit Carbon Solutions filed a motion in South Dakota to pause its pipeline permit application and extend a permit decision "indefinitely"

Summit Carbon Solutions requested a scheduling change after a new state law blocked it from using eminent domain.

A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines challenges the viability of a proposed project snaking through five Midwest states.

Summit Carbon Solutions has filed a motion to pause its permit application with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.