2007 Minnesota Statutes

116C.77 LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL
STORAGE INSTALLATION AT PRAIRIE ISLAND.
The legislature recognizes that:
(1) the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board on May 16, 1991, reviewed and found
adequate a final environmental impact statement ("EIS") on the proposal to construct and operate
a dry cask storage facility for the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel from the Prairie Island
nuclear generating plant;
(2) the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission reviewed and approved a safety
analysis report on the facility and on October 19, 1993, granted a license for the facility; and
(3) the Public Utilities Commission in Docket No. E002/CN-91-91 reviewed the facility and
approved a limited certificate of need approving the use of casks.
The Minnesota legislature in compliance with section 116C.72, hereby ratifies and approves
the EIS and the limited certificate of need and authorizes the use of casks at Prairie Island
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the certificate of need as modified by Laws
1994, chapter 641, and without further environmental review under chapter 116D or further
administrative review under section 216B.243.
History: 1994 c 641 art 1 s 1