Environmental review project notices
EQB publishes environmental review notices provided by responsible governmental units. For more information on a project undergoing environmental review, click on the individual project links below. You can also find information about active projects in your community on the Environmental Review Projects Interactive Map.
Location (city/township; county): Vienna Township; Rock
Process: EAW
Step: EAW available
End of comment period: March 13, 2025
Project description: Lass Farms, Inc. is proposing to construct a new feedlot consisting of (1) total confinement with a capacity of 1,440 Animal Units (AU) or 4,800 heads of swine. The proposed construction includes (1) 121-feet by 336-feet total confinement barn with an 8-foot deep, below-ground pit and a stormwater detention pond. The proposed Project is in the NW1/4 of SW1/4 of Section 15 of Vienna Township in Rock County.
Lass Farms Feedlot project link provided by RGU
Location of public documents: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Road North, Saint Paul, MN 55155
Responsible governmental unit and contact: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Megen Kabele, 651-757-2044
Location (city/township; county): Red Wing; Goodhue
Process: EIS
Step: Final EIS
End of comment period: April 10, 2025
Project description: Northern States Power Company, d/b/a Xcel Energy proposes to construct and operate an expanded independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at PINGP to provide 20 additional years of spent fuel storage between 2033/2034 and 2053/2054. The expansion would use a welded canister dry fuel storage (DFS) system licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for both storage and transportation. The Project is proposed with the Company’s intent to seek necessary federal approvals to extend the existing operating life of the two pressurized water reactors at the plant. The Project would construct up to two pads, as needed, to store a projected 34 additional DFS systems (approximately 1,200 spent fuel assemblies) within the current fence line of the ISFSI.
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant Fuel Storage Expansion project link provided by RGU
Location of public documents: Red Wing Public Library, 225 East Ave, Red Wing,
MN 55066
First public meeting date, time, location: March 24, 2025, 6:00 p.m., Online meeting
First public meeting virtual link: Join online meeting
First public meeting additional details: Webinar Number: 2491 882 9675
Webinar Password: MnPUC! (667820 when dialing from a phone or video system)
Join by Phone: 1-855-282-6330 Access Code: 2491 882 9675
Second public meeting date, time, location: March 25, 2025, 6:00 p.m., Red Wing Ignite Building, 419 Bush Street, Red Wing, MN 55066
Second public meeting additional details: If any reasonable accommodation is needed to enable you to participate in this hearing fully, please contact the Commission at
651-296-0406 or 1-800-657-3782 at least one week in advance of the hearing. To find out if a hearing is canceled due to bad weather, call 1-855-731- 6208 or visit mn.gov/puc.
Responsible governmental unit: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Contact: Minnesota Department of Commerce, Jenna Ness, 651-539-1693
Fish kill reports
Minnesota Duty Officer reports pertaining to fish kills are summarized in the following table, in accordance with 103G.216, REPORTING FISH KILLS IN PUBLIC WATERS, Subd. 2 Reporting Requirement. These reports were received via the Minnesota Duty Officer prior to the submission deadline for this edition of the EQB Monitor. They represent the raw data/information provided by callers. For more information regarding fish kills in Minnesota see the Department of Natural Resources. Call the Minnesota Duty Officer at 651‐649‐5451 or 800‐422‐0798 to report fish kills.
No fish kill reports were received since the last publication.
Submit a notice to the EQB Monitor
The EQB Monitor is a weekly publication announcing environmental review documents, public comment periods and other actions of the Environmental Quality Board. The EQB Monitor is published every Tuesday at noon. Submissions to the EQB Monitor are due by 4:00 p.m. on the Tuesday one week prior to the intended publication date. Please see the EQB Monitor schedule for more details.
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Questions? Contact EQB by phone at 651-757-2873 or email us at EQB.Monitor@state.mn.us.
For more information on environmental review, please visit the EQB website or contact us at env.review@state.mn.us.
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