Northern States Power Co. v. Prairie Island Mdewakanton Sioux Indian Community

ELR Citation: ELR 20747
No(s). 3-91-783 (D. Minn. Dec 23, 1991)

The court holds that the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) and the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) preempt an Indian tribe's ordinance that would regulate a nuclear power plant operator's efforts to transport various radioactive materials to the plant. A Minnesota power company operates the plan...

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