[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 217 (Thursday, November 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28583]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-18-ISFSI; ASLBP No. 97-720-01-ISFSI]
In the Matter of Northern States Power Company (Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation); Notice of Prehearing Conference
November 1, 1996.
This proceeding concerns the application of Northern States Power
Co. (NSP) for a license under 10 CFR Part 72 to possess spent fuel and
other radioactive materials associated with spent fuel storage in an
off-site independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) in Goodhue
County, Minnesota. The license, if granted, would authorize NSP to
store spent fuel in a dry storage cask system.
Notice is hereby given that, as set forth in the Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board's Memorandum and Order (Schedules for Further Filings
and for Prehearing Conference) (LBP-96-22), dated October 24, 1996, a
prehearing conference will be conducted beginning on Tuesday, December
17, 1996, at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Large Hearing
Room, Metro Square Building, 121 7th Place East, Suite 350, St. Paul,
Minnesota 55101-2147. The conference will commence at 9:30 a.m. on
December 17, 1996, and will continue, to the extent necessary, at 9:00
a.m. on December 18 and 19, 1996, at the same location.
At the conference, the Licensing Board will consider the seven
petitions for leave to intervene and requests for a hearing filed by
various entities between September 25, 1996 and October 17, 1996,
together with supplements to those petitions scheduled to be filed no
later than November 25, 1996, including the standing of various
petitioners and each of their proffered contentions. The Board will
also consider potential scheduling for various aspects of the
proceeding, should the Board determine that a hearing is to be
authorized. Members of the public are invited to attend the conference
but may not otherwise participate.
During the subsequent course of the proceeding, if a hearing is
authorized, persons who are not parties to the proceeding will be
invited to submit limited appearance statements, either in writing or
orally, with regard to the ISFSI application, as permitted by 10 CFR
2.715(a). These statements do not constitute testimony or evidence in
this proceeding but may help the Board and/or parties in their
deliberations as to the boundaries of the issues to be considered. Oral
statements will not be heard at the December 17-19 prehearing
conference but will be heard at later sessions of the proceeding.
Written statements may be submitted at any time. Written statements, or
requests for oral statements, should be submitted to the Secretary,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555, Attn:
Docketing and Service Branch. A copy of such statement or request
should also be served on the Chairman of this Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board, T3 F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington
DC 20555.
Documents relating to this proceeding are available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street,
NW., Washington DC 20555, and at the local public document room at the
Minneapolis Public Library, Technology and Science Department, 300
Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401.
Rockville, Maryland, November 1, 1996.
For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Charles Bechhoefer,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 96-28583 Filed 11-6-96; 8:45 am]
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