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Among all the backlash and negative sentiment around carbon dioxide pipelines in the U.S. Midwest, Tallgrass Energy’s subsidiary, Trailblazer Pipeline Company (Trailblazer), stands above its CO2 pipeline cohort in achieving positive public approval in its recent agreement with Bold Alliance. Tallgrass announced earlier last week that it has developed a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Bold Alliance in regards to its Trailblazer CO2 pipeline conversion project, which has received endorsements from 11 statewide organizations in Nebraska. As part of the agreement, Tallgrass has pledged $1.1 million dollars, with $500,000 in donations to non-profit organizations, $600,000 in training and an on-going commitment to equipping first responders to respond to emergency CO2 events as well as yearly public safety notifications to residents near the pipeline ROW. In addition, Tallgrass introduced a unique landowner payment structure which allows landowners to receive yearly royalties based on the length of pipeline on their land as well as the flowrate of the CO2 through the pipeline in any given year. Tallgrass has also agreed to return easements to landowners upon decommissioning of the line which gives the landowners the power to remove the pipeline from the property if desired. This agreement between Tallgrass and Bold Alliance is a major breakthrough in the public perception of CO2 pipeline projects and should be used by future developers as a benchmark for how to handle community engagement early on in its planning process.

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