Richard W. Lozier Jr.

Richard W. Lozier Jr. is an American lawyer. He worked for a lobby group representing the application for the Bakken pipeline. He was a commissioner of the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB).

Career

Since 1969, Lozier has worked at Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, law firm, Iowa.^{[ citation needed ]}

He represented the Midwest Alliance for Infrastructure Now (MAIN Coalition), a lobby group in the Dakota Access application for the Bakken pipeline.^{[ dead link ] [1]}

In 2017, then governor Terry Branstad appointed him as a member of the Iowa Utilities Board. He was subsequently asked to recuse himself for conflict of interest.^{[ unreliable source? ] [2]} In June 2017, Lozier recused himself, leaving only two committee members to vote on matters. ^[3] Lozier's IUB term expired in May 2023. As he was appointed by Branstad, who has been working for the Summit Agricultural Group, which is seeking a permit for carbon capture pipeline to North Dakota he had a perceived conflict of interest, but critics noted he "at least had an open mind about this case". ^[4]

References

1. ^{[ dead link ]} "DAKOTA ACCESS, LLC-STATEMENT OF BOARD MEMBER RICHARD W. LOZIER REGARDING RECUSAL IN THIS MATTER". Iowa Utilities Board. February 12, 2021.
2. "Petition to Remove Richard W. Lozier, Jr., from the Iowa Utilities Board". Bold Iowa. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
3. Petroski, William (2017-06-14). "Iowa regulator recuses himself from Dakota Access Pipeline case" . Retrieved 2023-08-30.
4. Donnelle Eller (2023-09-05). "Iowa agribusiness magnate's access to Gov. Kim Reynolds paves way for pipeline, lawyer says". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2023-09-10.