MATTER OF THE NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

Nos. C1-96-2189, C8-96-2190.

563 N.W.2d 302 (1997)

In the MATTER OF 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.

May 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lenor A. Scheffler, Joseph M. Paiement, Welch, for Relator Prairie Island Indian Community.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, State Attorney General, Alan R. Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, for Respondent Minnesota Environmental Quality Board.

Peter A. Koller, Michael J. Ahern, Moss & Barnett, Minneapolis; and Michael C. Connelly, Minneapolis, for Respondent Northern States Power Company.

Considered and decided by CRIPPEN, P.J., and PETERSON and MARTIN J. MANSUR, JJ.


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...

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