The Iowa company attempting to build a multi-billion-dollar pipeline to capture and bury carbon dioxide from ethanol plants described a new route Wednesday that does not include South Dakota.

The language came in a press release about Summit Carbon Solutions’ plan to adjust its route in Iowa.

“The project will travel west through Nebraska to advance a dedicated sequestration solution in Wyoming as the core of the system,” the press release said.

Previously, the company planned to collect carbon dioxide from ethanol plants in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota, and transport it via pipeline for underground sequestration in North Dakota.

But the project met fierce resistance in South Dakota, where affected landowners led a property rights revolt that culminated last year in a law banning the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines. 

The project was proposed to capitalize on federal tax credits incentivizing the prevention of heat-trapping emissions into the atmosphere. Summit has lately signaled that some of its carbon dioxide could be pumped into oil wells to force more oil to the surface, in a process known as enhanced oil recovery. Summit’s Wednesday press release said the company is “continuing to evaluate complementary CO2 utilization opportunities, including enhanced oil recovery where appropriate.”

The company’s proposed reroute in Iowa will result in fewer miles of land, and fewer landowners, being affected by the project, Summit indicated in a regulatory filing.