Company seeks fast-tracked approval for controversial carbon dioxide pipeline through Midwest

The company that wants to send part of a controversial 1,300-mile carbon dioxide pipeline through the Midwest is seeking a fast-tracked permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that would not require public notification or input.

The expedited permit process, which is supposed to take about 60 days, can help businesses and regulators by reducing delays and paperwork.

But environmentalists — who discovered Omaha-based Navigator CO2′s pipeline permit application via a public records request — say that fast-tracking is intended for activities with minimal effects on waterways and wetlands, not massive interstate pipelines that carry a toxic substance and run