Judge rules in favor of Summit Carbon Solutions, allowing the company to survey land without permission from landowners

According to the Aberdeen Insider, Summit Carbon Solutions has been granted permission by a judge to conduct survey work without being granted permission by landowners. The decision was laid out by judge Richard Sommers in a ruling in a civil lawsuit between the company and landowners in Brown, Spink, McPherson and Edmunds counties. Landowners argued a state law allowing survey work on private land without permission violates the state and US constitution. That state law in question allows entities who have applied for a permit with the State Public Utilities Commission are allowed to survey land without consent as long as they give a 30-day notice to the landowner.