Commissioners make recommendation to revisit county zoning laws

Antelope County’s planning and zoning board will take a look at current regulations regarding pipelines.

On Tuesday, commissioners approved to request the board to meet and adopt similar regulations drafted by Holt County, at a minumum, for pipelines.

Commissioner Dean Smith said his motion would give “Summit Carbon Solutions consistent regulations.”

During discussion, Smith showed photos illustrating destruction from the Keystone I pipeline spill, south of Steele City, Nebraska. He said the leak would “fill 80 tankers.”

“I know this (carbon pipeline) isn’t a tar sands pipeline. I would like t...