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Please rest assured, sir, that you, your family and all property owners who do not want to give up their land, voluntarily or by force via eminent domain, will have the CONTINUED SUPPORT of all of us who supported all of you during Round One in this battle are still here.

From what I heard, calls and letters of support of you farmers and ranchers came in from every corner of our state and I daresay that all of them are standing by, pens and phones at the ready, to reiterate our support.

Everyone should make your feelings on this issue known to all three of your state electeds in Pierre and and the PUC, and tell them you do not any legislation passed which will attempt to circumvent the true and constitutional definition of eminent domain in this issue..

With North Dakota's PUC denying a permit for the CO2 dumping ground near Bismark, Navigator got the message and quit the project. So where will Summit Carbon Solutions be dumping the collected CO2? What community will they attempt to coerce or buy off? They have FIVE BILLION REASONS to do so.

Two final things: Thank you to the North Dakota and South Dakota PUC members who supported the citizens by following our Constitution's verbiage of Eminent Domain. Summit Carbon Solutions is not a government entity and their pipeline is not for PUBLIC USE, but rather for corporate benefits.

Thank you Mr. Burkhart, your generations of family and to all ranchers and farmers who put food on our tables.

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Bruce Burkhart is spot on with his comments ! Summit Carbon Solutions is trying to take the ethanol industry hostage .

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You have a lot of people behind you. Keep us informed of legislative happenings. It's going to get interesting this year!!

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Interesting that the owner of a small house in NYC -- say corner of 59th and Fifth Avenue -- need not worry about any eminent domain -- or similar legal tactic -- to force him to sell to a developer planning a high-rise to include the owner's land. The owner has absolute sovereignty over his property as long as taxes are paid and ordinances have been followed...

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