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for operation of the Calvert Cliffs
Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2
(CCNPP), located in Calvert County,
Maryland. Therefore, as required by 10
CFR 51.21, the NRC is issuing this
environmental assessment and finding
of no significant impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would exempt
the licensee from the requirements of 10
CFR 50.68(b)(1) during the handling and
storage of spent nuclear fuel in a 10 CFR
part 72 licensed spent fuel storage
container that is in a CCNPP spent fuel
pool. The proposed action is in
accordance with the licensee’s
application dated December 21, 2004, as
supplemented on May 31, 2005. The
supplemental letter provided clarifying
information that did not expand the
scope of the original request.
The Need for the Proposed Action
Under 10 CFR 50.68(b)(1), the
Commission sets forth the following
requirement that must be met, in lieu of
a monitoring system capable of
detecting criticality events. Plant
procedures shall prohibit the handling
and storage at any one time of more fuel
assemblies than have been determined
to be safely subcritical under the most
adverse moderation conditions feasible
by unborated water. Section 50.12(a)
allows licensees to apply for an
exemption from the requirements of 10
CFR part 50 if the regulation is not
necessary to achieve the underlying
purpose of the rule and other conditions
are met. The licensee has stated that the
NRC has previously established five
criteria that, if met, would satisfy the
intent of 10 CFR 50.68(b)(1).
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC has completed its safety
evaluation of the proposed action and
concludes that the exemption described
above would continue to satisfy the
underlying purpose of 10 CFR
50.68(b)(1). The details of the staff’s
safety evaluation will be provided in the
exemption that will be issued as part of
the letter to the licensee approving the
exemption to the regulation. The
proposed action will not significantly
increase the probability or consequences
of accidents. No changes are being made
in the types of effluents that may be
released off site. There is no significant
increase in the amount of any effluent
released off site. There is no significant
increase in occupational or public
radiation exposure. Therefore, there are
no significant radiological
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environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does not have a potential to affect
any historic sites. It does not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no
other environmental impact. Therefore,
there are no significant non-radiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
there are no significant environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the staff considered denial of the
proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
alternative). Denial of the application
would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. The
environmental impacts of the proposed
action and the alternative action are
similar.
Publicly available records will be
accessible electronically from the
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet
at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR
Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–
397–4209 or (301) 415–4737, or send an
e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
of August, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patrick D. Milano,
Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project
Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
previously considered in the Final
Environmental Statement for the Calvert
Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1
and 2, dated April 1984, and the
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear
Power Plant (NUREG–1437, Supplement
1), dated October 1999.
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Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy,
on August 24, 2005, the staff consulted
with the Maryland State official, R.
McLean of the Maryland Department of
Natural Resources, regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed
action. The State official had no
comments.
August 24, 2005.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental
assessment, the NRC concludes that the
proposed action will not have a
significant effect on the quality of the
human environment. Accordingly, the
NRC has determined not to prepare an
environmental impact statement for the
proposed action.
For further details with respect to the
proposed action, see the licensee’s letter
dated December 31, 2004, as
supplemented by letter dated May 31,
2005. Documents may be viewed, and/
or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
International Securities Exchange, Inc.;
Order Approving Proposed Rule
Change and Amendment No. 1
Relating to the Entry of Complex
Orders Into the Facilitation Mechanism
I. Introduction
On November 16, 2004, the
International Securities Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘ISE’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4
thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to
amend ISE Rule 716(d), ‘‘Facilitation
Mechanism,’’ to allow Electronic Access
Members (‘‘EAMs’’) to enter complex
orders into the ISE’s facilitation
mechanism. On December 14, 2004, the
ISE submitted Amendment No. 1 to the
proposal.3 The proposed rule change, as
amended, was published for comment
in the Federal Register on July 12,
2005.4 The Commission received no
comments regarding the proposal. This
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 Amendment No. 1 made a technical revision to
the text of the proposed rule change.
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51968
(July 1, 2005), 70 FR 40089.
2 17
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order approves the proposed rule
change, as amended.
II. Description of the Proposal
Currently, an EAM may not use the
ISE’s facilitation mechanism to facilitate
a complex order. The ISE proposes to
amend ISE Rule 716(d) to allow EAMs
to use the facilitation mechanism to
facilitate complex orders. Under the
proposal, each leg of the complex order
must be for at least 50 contracts. After
an EAM enters a complex order into the
facilitation mechanism, ISE members
will be able to enter at net prices
indications at which they would be
willing to participate in the facilitation
of the order. Complex orders entered
into the facilitation mechanism will be
executed pursuant to ISE Rule 716(d)(4),
and the priority rules for complex
orders in ISE Rule 722(b)(2) will apply.5
If a complex order entered into the
facilitation mechanism could receive an
improved net price from bids and offers
for the individual legs of the order in
the ISE’s auction market, then the
complex order will be executed at the
better net price.
III. Discussion
The Commission finds that the
proposed rule change, as amended, is
consistent with the requirements of the
Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to a national
securities exchange.6 In particular, the
Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with Section
6(b)(5) of the Act,7 which requires,
among other things, that the rules of a
national securities exchange be
designed to prevent fraudulent and
manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of
trade, to remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism of a free and
open market and a national market
system, and, in general, to protect
investors and the public interest.
The Commission believes that the
proposal could facilitate the execution
of complex orders. The Commission
notes that the priority rules in ISE Rule
722(b)(2) will apply to complex orders
5 ISE Rule 722(b)(2) provides, in part, that a
complex order may be executed at a total credit or
debit price with another ISE member without giving
priority to established bids or offers in the market
that are not better than the bids or offers comprising
such net debit or credit, provided that if any of the
established bids or offers consists of a public
customer limit order, the price of at least one leg
of the complex order must trade at a price that is
better than the corresponding bid or offer in the
marketplace.
6 In approving this proposed rule change, the
Commission has considered the proposed rule’s
impact on efficiency, competition, and capital
formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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entered into the facilitation mechanism.
In addition, if bids and offers in the
ISE’s auction market for the individual
legs of the complex order being
facilitated could produce a better net
price for the order, then the complex
order will receive an execution at the
better net price.
IV. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,8 that the
proposed rule change (SR–ISE–2004–
33), as amended, is approved.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated
authority.9
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
International Securities Exchange, Inc.;
Notice of Filing and Immediate
Effectiveness of Proposed Rule
Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto
Relating to Fee Changes
August 24, 2005.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on August 1,
2005, the International Securities
Exchange, Inc. (‘‘ISE’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’)
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I, II, and III below, which Items
have been prepared by the ISE. On
August 22, 2005, ISE filed Amendment
No. 1 to the proposed rule change.3 The
ISE has designated this proposal as one
establishing or changing a due, fee, or
other charge imposed by the ISE under
Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act,4 and
Rule 19b–4(f)(2) thereunder,5 which
renders the proposal effective upon
8 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 Amendment No. 1 made changes to the filing,
including Exhibit 5 (ISE’s Schedule of Fees), to
correct the names of the indexes: iShares Russell
2000(r) Index is the iShares Russell 2000(r) Index
Fund and the full and proper name of the Lehman
Brothers 20+ year Treasury Bond Index is the
iShares Lehman Brothers 20+ year Treasury Bond
Index ETF, and to remove references to the ISE
Integrated Gas and Services Index (PMP).
4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
5 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
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filing with the Commission. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change, as amended, from interested
persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The ISE is proposing to amend its
Schedule of Fees to establish fees for
transactions in options on five products:
The iShares Russell 2000(r) Index Fund,
the Semiconductor HOLDRs Trust, the
Oil Service HOLDRs Trust, the Energy
Select Sector SPDR Fund, and the
iShares Lehman Brothers 20+ year
Treasury Bond Index ETF. The text of
the proposed rule change, as amended,
is available on the ISE’s Web site (https://
www.iseoptions.com/legal/
proposed_rule_changes.asp), at the
principal office of the ISE, and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
ISE included statements concerning the
purpose of, and basis for, the proposed
rule change and discussed any
comments it received on the proposed
rule change. The text of these statements
may be examined at the places specified
in Item IV below. The ISE has prepared
summaries, set forth in Sections A, B,
and C below, of the most significant
aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange is proposing to amend
its Schedule of Fees to establish fees for
transactions in options on five products:
the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund
(‘‘IWM’’), the Semiconductor HOLDRs
Trust (‘‘SMH’’), the Oil Service HOLDRs
Trust (‘‘OIH’’), the Energy Select Sector
SPDR Fund (‘‘XLE’’), and the iShares
Lehman Brothers 20+ year Treasury
Bond Index ETF (‘‘TLT’’).6 Specifically,
the Exchange is proposing to adopt an
execution fee and a comparison fee for
transactions by Public Customers 7 in
options on IWM, SMH, OIH, XLE, and
TLT.8 The Exchange currently charges
an execution fee and a comparison fee
6 The ISE represents that all five products are
‘‘Fund Shares,’’ as defined by ISE Rule 502(h).
7 ISE Rule 100(32) defines ‘‘Public Customer’’ as
a person that is not a broker or dealer in securities.
8 The ISE represents that these fees will be
charged only to Exchange members.
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[Release No. 34-52327; File No. SR-ISE-2004-33]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange,
Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Relating
to the Entry of Complex Orders Into the Facilitation Mechanism
August 24, 2005.
I. Introduction
On November 16, 2004, the International Securities Exchange, Inc.
(``ISE'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4
thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to amend ISE Rule 716(d),
``Facilitation Mechanism,'' to allow Electronic Access Members
(``EAMs'') to enter complex orders into the ISE's facilitation
mechanism. On December 14, 2004, the ISE submitted Amendment No. 1 to
the proposal.\3\ The proposed rule change, as amended, was published
for comment in the Federal Register on July 12, 2005.\4\ The Commission
received no comments regarding the proposal. This
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
\3\ Amendment No. 1 made a technical revision to the text of the
proposed rule change.
\4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51968 (July 1,
2005), 70 FR 40089.
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II. Description of the Proposal
Currently, an EAM may not use the ISE's facilitation mechanism to
facilitate a complex order. The ISE proposes to amend ISE Rule 716(d)
to allow EAMs to use the facilitation mechanism to facilitate complex
orders. Under the proposal, each leg of the complex order must be for
at least 50 contracts. After an EAM enters a complex order into the
facilitation mechanism, ISE members will be able to enter at net prices
indications at which they would be willing to participate in the
facilitation of the order. Complex orders entered into the facilitation
mechanism will be executed pursuant to ISE Rule 716(d)(4), and the
priority rules for complex orders in ISE Rule 722(b)(2) will apply.\5\
If a complex order entered into the facilitation mechanism could
receive an improved net price from bids and offers for the individual
legs of the order in the ISE's auction market, then the complex order
will be executed at the better net price.
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\5\ ISE Rule 722(b)(2) provides, in part, that a complex order
may be executed at a total credit or debit price with another ISE
member without giving priority to established bids or offers in the
market that are not better than the bids or offers comprising such
net debit or credit, provided that if any of the established bids or
offers consists of a public customer limit order, the price of at
least one leg of the complex order must trade at a price that is
better than the corresponding bid or offer in the marketplace.
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III. Discussion
The Commission finds that the proposed rule change, as amended, is
consistent with the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities exchange.\6\
In particular, the Commission finds that the proposed rule change is
consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\7\ which requires, among
other things, that the rules of a national securities exchange be
designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments
to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national
market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public
interest.
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\6\ In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission has
considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition,
and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
\7\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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The Commission believes that the proposal could facilitate the
execution of complex orders. The Commission notes that the priority
rules in ISE Rule 722(b)(2) will apply to complex orders entered into
the facilitation mechanism. In addition, if bids and offers in the
ISE's auction market for the individual legs of the complex order being
facilitated could produce a better net price for the order, then the
complex order will receive an execution at the better net price.
IV. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\8\ that the proposed rule change (SR-ISE-2004-33), as amended, is
approved.
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\8\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\9\
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\9\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
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