Power plant siting policy documents, 1970-1974 (bulk 1972).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Power plant siting policy documents, 1970-1974 (bulk 1972).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523218

Primarily photocopies of correspondence, interdepartment memos, and reports generated by an interdepartment work group of the Environmental Quality Council (now Board). The EQC reviewed plans of power companies to locate new plants. The work group developed criteria for the EQC to use in determining future power plant sites. The work group included representatives from the Health Department, Pollution Control Agency, Natural Resources Department, and State Planning Agency.

2 folders.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6748374

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Minnesota. Dept. of Health.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm460x (corporateBody)

The Health Facility Advisory Council was established in 1951 as the Health Facility Advisory Board [Minn. Laws 1951 c304 s9]. It was changed to council in 1975 [Minn. Laws 1975 c234]. Consisting of nine members representing the state's hospitals, homes for chronic convalescent patients, doctors, county welfare boards, and the commissioner of the health (and later, public welfare) department, the council assisted in the development and revision of rules that set the minimum standards for Minnesot...

Minnesota State Planning Agency

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq414v (corporateBody)

The federal Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982 was a compromise between Western and Eastern states. While not explicitly ordering it, the Act called for construction of two underground nuclear waste repositories, one to open in the West in 1990 and one in the East several years later. Potential sites for the first repository were identified in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Washington. Draft environmental assessments, issued in Decemb...

Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q003q0 (corporateBody)

Minnesota. Division of Environmental Health

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66d9p9j (corporateBody)

Minnesota Environmental Quality Council

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f3p42 (corporateBody)

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ff7kcz (corporateBody)

In 1989, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency [PCA] issued a request for response action against the Ashland Petroleum Company to investigate an alleged oil spill, air quality violation, and soil and water contamination at its refinery site in St. Paul Park. Six meetings (October 14, 1993, January 18, June 16, and September 14, 1994, January 24 and September 27, 1995) were held to discuss and provide information regarding the pollution problems and clean-up. The meetings were facilitated by Se...