Legal Opinion
In Re the Northern States Power Company Application for Certificate of Site Compatibility for the Goodhue County Independent Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided May 13, 1997No. C1-96-2189, C8-96-2190PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CRIPPEN, Judge.
Acting under a 1994 statute, respondent Northern States Power Company requested that the Minnesota Environmental Quality-Board issue a Certificate of Site Compatibility for a proposed Goodhue County dry cask storage facility. Challenging the denial of this request, relator Prairie Island Indian Community disputes the board’s reliance on risks associated with the transportation and handling of the spent fuel, contending that the board should compare the sites independent of this consideration. We affirm.
FACTS
Northern States Power Company has a spent fuel storage problem…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Markwardt v. State, Water Resources BoardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Arvig Telephone Co. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Trout Unlimited, Inc. v. Minnesota Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1995
- In Re Certificate of Need for Construction of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage InstallationCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1993
- In Re Proposal by US West Communications, Inc.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
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- State v. McCoyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2003