[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23363]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-10-ISFSI; ASLBP No. 12-922-01-ISFSI-MLR-BD01]


Northern States Power Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission, see 37 FR 28,710 (Dec. 
29,1972), and the Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 2.105, 2.300, 
2.313, 2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the 
following proceeding:

Northern States Power Company

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Independent Spent Fuel 
Storage Installation)

    This proceeding involves an application by Northern States Power 
Company (NSPC) dated October 20, 2011, as supplemented February 29, 
2012, for the renewal of its Special Nuclear Material License for forty 
years at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Independent Spent 
Fuel Storage Installation located in Red Wing, Minnesota. In response 
to a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing published on June 25, 2012 (77 
FR 37,937), the Prairie Island Indian Community (PIIC) filed a request 
for hearing on August 24, 2012.
    On September 13, 2012, NSPC and the NRC Staff filed motions to 
extend filing deadlines. See Joint Motion to Extend Time for Responses 
and Reply to Responses to [PIIC's] Petition to Intervene (Sept. 13, 
2012); NRC Staff Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to 
[PIIC's] Petition to Intervene (Sept. 13, 2012). On the same day, the 
Secretary of the Commission referred PIIC's hearing request and 
supporting documents to me for appropriate action in accordance with 10 
CFR 2.346(i). See Memorandum from Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary of 
the Commission to E. Roy Hawkens, Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board Panel (Sept. 13, 2012).
    The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:

Michael M. Gibson, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. Robert B. Matthews, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
in accordance with the NRC E-filing rule, which the NRC promulgated in 
August 2007 (72 FR 49,139).

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of September 2012.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 2012-23363 Filed 9-20-12; 8:45 am]
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