ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD:

An Inventory of Its Hearing Records Concerning Northern States Power Company's Prairie Island Plant at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota Environmental Quality Board.
Title:Hearing Records Concerning Northern States Power Company's Prairie Island Plant.
Dates:1980.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Records of and relating to hearings held before the Environmental Quality Board in regard to Northern States Power Company's application to increase the storage capacity for spent fuel at its Prairie Island nuclear generating plant.
Quantity:1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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They include correspondence, testimony (both prefiled and transcripts), memoranda, briefs, proposed conclusions and recommendations, and exhibits. The exhibits consist of photocopies of materials submitted to or issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, largely concerning environmental impact statements and licensing matters for both NSP and other nuclear power generating companies.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. Hearing Records Concerning Northern States Power Company's Prairie Island Plant. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 981-205

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017038830104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
101.D.16.7B Correspondence and Testimony:
Folder 1:
Jocelyn F. Olson (Attorney General’s Office) to Howard Kaibel (hearing examiner), enclosing pre-filed testimony of Tim K. Scherkenbach, April 13, 1980.
Notice of appearance at hearing by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, April 14, 1980.
Pre-filed testimony of Prairie Island Project, Inc., April 15, 1980.
Pre-filed testimony of Dale M. Vincent, April 15, 1980.
MPCA motion to strike portions of pre-filed testimony of Dale M. Vincent, April 17, 1980.
NSP's response to motions to strike testimony, approximately April 20, 1980.
Response testimony of Tim K. Scherkenbach, April 24, 1980.
Rebuttal testimony of Charles W. Huver, April 24, 2980.
Folder 2:
Rebuttal testimony of Dale M. Vincent, April 25, 1980.
Transcript of EQB hearing, Red Wing, May 1, 1980.
Folder 3: Transcript of EQB hearing, Red Wing, May 2, 1980.
Folder 4:
Transcript of EQB hearing, St. Paul, May 5, 1980.
Prairie Island Project, Inc. exhibit 1, May 5, 1980.
Transcript of EQB hearing, St. Paul, May 6, 1980.
Folder 5:
Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty, Ltd request for extension of time, May 23, 1980.
Confirming time extension, May 28, 1980.
MPCA post-hearing brief, June 2, 1980.
NSP memorandum regarding legal issues for EIS need, June 2, 1980.
Folder 7:
No Folder 6 on original list.
Prairie Island Project: Brief in support of EIS, June 2, 1980.
Jocelyn Olson to Howard Kaibel, June 3, 1980.
MPCA response memorandum, June 10, 1980.
Prairie Island Project: Reply brief, June 11, 1980.
NSP reply memorandum, June 11, 1980.
Folder 8:
Jocelyn Olson to Howard Kaibel, June 26, 1980.
NSP proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendations, June 26, 1980.
Prairie Island Project. Proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendations, June 27, 1980.
MPCA proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendations, August 4, 1980.
NSP certificate of need application to increase storage capacity of spent fuel pool, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, September 1979.
Exhibits filed by NSP in support of its application.
These exhibits are numbered (in most cases) and consist mainly of photocopies of federal documents. They are not in folders and have not been inventoried.
Location
101.D.16.8FExhibits, continued.

Expand/CollapseRELATED MATERIAL

For other files on review of NSP power facilities construction, see Minnesota: Health Dept: Environmental Health Division. Environmental quality review files.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Environmental impact analysis -- Minnesota.
Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota.
Organizations:
Northern States Power Company (Minnesota)
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Document Types:
Environmental impact statements -- Minnesota.
Transcripts.
Functions:
Hearing.
Licensing.
Monitoring.
Protecting.
Regulating.

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