Richard W. Lozier Jr.
American lawyer
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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]
