Tallgrass pipeline now transporting CO2 locally

Company safety supervisor briefs first responders on pipeline safety 

  • Scott Barry, a damage prevention supervisor for Tallgrass, stands between two pipeline marker pillars he brought to a meeting of the county Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)last Wednesday. The marker on the left is green and marks a line that carries carbon dioxide and the marker on the right is yellow which represents the presence of a natural gas pipeline.
    Scott Barry, a damage prevention supervisor for Tallgrass, stands between two pipeline marker pillars he brought to a meeting of the county Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)last Wednesday. The marker on the left is green and marks a line that carries carbon dioxide and the marker on the right is yellow which represents the presence of a natural gas pipeline.
    A group of local emergency responders received an update on the Tallgrass CO2 pipeline running through Hamilton County recently, and learned that the line is now operational and transporting compressed carbon dioxide produced by Aurora’s KAAPA ethanol plant. Scott Barry of Aurora, a damage prevention supervisor for Tallgrass, told a meeting of the county’s Local Emergency Planning ...

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