5880 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 25 / Friday, February 6, 2004 / Notices 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Ronald R. Bellamy, 

Chief, Decommissioning & Laboratory 

Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, 

RI.

[FR Doc. 04–2619 Filed 2–5–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–315 and 50–316] 

Indiana Michigan Power Company, 

Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant; Notice 

of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement and Conduct 

Scoping Process 

Indiana Michigan Power Company 

(I&M) has submitted an application for 

renewal of Facility Operating Licenses, 

DPR–58 and DPR–74 for an additional 

20 years of operation at the Donald C. 

Cook Nuclear Plant (Cook), Units 1 and 

2 (CNP). CNP is located in Berrien 

County, Michigan, about 55 miles east 

of Chicago, Illinois. The operating 

licenses for Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 

and 2, expire on October 25, 2014, and 

December 23, 2017, respectively. The 

application for renewal was received on 

November 3, 2003, pursuant to 10 CFR 

part 54. A notice of receipt and 

availability of the application, which 

included the environmental report (ER), 

was published in the Federal Register

on November 10, 2003 (68 FR 63824). A 

notice of acceptance for docketing of the 

application for renewal of the facility 

operating license was published in the 

Federal Register on December 10, 2003 

(68 FR 68956). The purpose of this 

notice is to inform the public that the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) will be preparing an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) in 

support of the review of the license 

renewal application and to provide the 

public an opportunity to participate in 

the environmental scoping process, as 

defined in 10 CFR 51.29. In addition, as 

outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ‘‘Coordination 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act,’’ the NRC plans to coordinate 

compliance with section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act in 

meeting the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA). 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) 

and 10 CFR 54.23, I&M submitted the 

ER as part of the application. The ER 

was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR part 

51 and is available for public inspection 

at the NRC Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the 

Publicly Available Records component 

of NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/

adams.html, which provides access 

through the NRC’s Electronic Reading 

Room link. Persons who do not have 

access to ADAMS, or who encounter 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, should contact the 

NRC’s PDR Reference staff at 1–800–

397–4209, or 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr@nrc.gov. The application 

may also be viewed on the Internet at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/

licensing/renewal/applications/

cook.html. In addition, the Bridgman 

Public Library, 4460 Lake Street, 

Bridgman, Michigan and the Maud 

Preston Palenske Memorial Library, 500 

Market Street, St. Joseph, Michigan have 

agreed to make the ER available for 

public inspection. 

This notice advises the public that the 

NRC intends to gather the information 

necessary to prepare a plant-specific 

supplement to the Commission’s 

‘‘Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants,’’ (NUREG–1437) in 

support of the review of the application 

for renewal of the CNP operating 

licenses for an additional 20 years. 

Possible alternatives to the proposed 

action (license renewal) include no 

action and reasonable alternative energy 

sources. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 

51.95 to prepare a supplement to the 

GEIS in connection with the renewal of 

an operating license. This notice is 

being published in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA) and the NRC’s regulations 

found in 10 CFR part 51.

The NRC will first conduct a scoping 

process for the supplement to the GEIS 

and, as soon as practicable thereafter, 

will prepare a draft supplement to the 

GEIS for public comment. Participation 

in the scoping process by members of 

the public and local, State, tribal, and 

Federal government agencies is 

encouraged. The scoping process for the 

supplement to the GEIS will be used to 

accomplish the following: 

a. Define the proposed action which 

is to be the subject of the supplement to 

the GEIS. 

b. Determine the scope of the 

supplement to the GEIS and identify the 

significant issues to be analyzed in 

depth. 

c. Identify and eliminate from 

detailed study those issues that are 

peripheral or that are not significant. 

d. Identify any environmental 

assessments and other EISs that are 

being or will be prepared that are 

related to, but are not part of the scope 

of the supplement to the GEIS being 

considered. 

e. Identify other environmental 

review and consultation requirements 

related to the proposed action. 

f. Indicate the relationship between 

the timing of the preparation of the 

environmental analyses and the 

Commission’s tentative planning and 

decision-making schedule. 

g. Identify any cooperating agencies 

and, as appropriate, allocate 

assignments for preparation and 

schedules for completing the 

supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and 

any cooperating agencies. 

h. Describe how the supplement to 

the GEIS will be prepared, and include 

any contractor assistance to be used. 

The NRC invites the following entities 

to participate in scoping: 

a. The applicant, Indiana Michigan 

Power Company. 

b. Any Federal agency that has 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to any environmental 

impact involved, or that is authorized to 

develop and enforce relevant 

environmental standards. 

c. Affected State and local 

government agencies, including those 

authorized to develop and enforce 

relevant environmental standards. 

d. Any affected Indian tribe. 

e. Any person who requests or has 

requested an opportunity to participate 

in the scoping process. 

f. Any person who has petitioned or 

intends to petition for leave to 

intervene. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the 

scoping process for an EIS may include 

a public scoping meeting to help 

identify significant issues related to a 

proposed activity and to determine the 

scope of issues to be addressed in an 

EIS. The NRC has decided to hold 

public meetings for the CNP license 

renewal supplement to the GEIS. The 

scoping meetings will be held at the 

Lake Charter Township Hall, 3220 

Shawnee Road, Bridgman, Michigan, on 

Monday, March 8, 2004. There will be 

two sessions to accommodate interested 

parties. The first session will convene at 

1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 

p.m., as necessary. The second session 

will convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of 

the overview portions of the meeting 

and will continue until 10 p.m., as 

necessary. Both meetings will be 

transcribed and will include (1) an 

overview by the NRC staff of the NEPA 

environmental review process, the 

proposed scope of the supplement to the 

GEIS, and the proposed review 

schedule; and (2) the opportunity for 

interested government agencies, 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 25 / Friday, February 6, 2004 / Notices 5881

1On January 1, 2003, MBSCC was merged into 

the Government Securities Clearing Corporation 

(‘‘GSCC’’) and GSCC was renamed the Fixed Income 

Clearing Corporation. Securities Exchange Act 

Release No. 47015 (December 17, 2002), 67 FR 

78531 (December 24, 2002) (File Nos. SR–GSCC–

2002–10 and MBSCC–2002–01).

2 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

3Securities Exchange Act Release No. 45604 

(March 20, 2002), 67 FR 14755.

4The August 21, 2002, amendment modified the 

proposed rule change with respect to MBSCC’s 

acceptance of financial statements prepared in 

accordance with a non-domestic participant’s home 

country generally accepted accounting principles. 

This portion of the proposed rule change was 

subsequently withdrawn. See supra note 7.

5The October 22, 2002, amendment made it clear 

that the requirement for participants to submit 

regulatory notices relating to declines in capital 

applies to all MBSCC members.

6The proposed rule change as originally filed 

established a formal surveillance status mechanism. 

The amendment filed on February 25, 2003, 

withdrew that portion of the proposed rule change.

7The amendment filed on April 10, 2003, 

withdrew the portion of the proposed rule change 

that would have allowed non-domestic participants 

to submit financial statements prepared in 

accordance with their home country generally 

accepted accounting principles.

8 In the amendment filed on October 10, 2003, 

MBSCC corrected the date the proposed rule change 

was approved by MBSCC’s board of directors and 

changed the person to contact regarding questions 

and comments about the proposed rule change.

9Republication of the notice is not necessary 

because the August 21, 2002, amendment made a 

change to the proposed rule change that was later 

withdrawn, the February 25, 2003, and April 10, 

2003, amendments withdrew portions of the 

proposed rule change, the October 22, 2003, 

amendment made a change to clarify a portion of 

the proposed rule change, and the October 10, 2003, 

amendment made technical changes to the 

proposed rule change.

organizations, and individuals to submit 

comments or suggestions on the 

environmental issues or the proposed 

scope of the supplement to the GEIS. 

Additionally, the NRC staff will host 

informal discussions one hour before 

the start of each session at the Lake 

Charter Township Hall. No formal 

comments on the proposed scope of the 

supplement to the GEIS will be accepted 

during the informal discussions. To be 

considered, comments must be provided 

either at the transcribed public meetings 

or in writing, as discussed below. 

Persons may register to attend or present 

oral comments at the meetings on the 

scope of the NEPA review by contacting 

Mr. Robert Schaaf, by telephone at 1–

800–368–5642, extension 1312, or by 

Internet to the NRC at CookEIS@nrc.gov

no later than March 3, 2004. Members 

of the public may also register to speak 

at the meeting within 15 minutes of the 

start of each session. Individual oral 

comments may be limited by the time 

available, depending on the number of 

persons who register. Members of the 

public who have not registered may also 

have an opportunity to speak, if time 

permits. Public comments will be 

considered in the scoping process for 

the supplement to the GEIS. Mr. Schaaf 

will need to be contacted no later than 

March 1, 2004, if special equipment or 

accommodations are needed to attend or 

present information at the public 

meeting, so that the NRC staff can 

determine whether the request can be 

accommodated. 

Members of the public may send 

written comments on the environmental 

scope of the CNP license renewal review 

to the Chief, Rules and Directives 

Branch, Division of Administrative 

Services, Office of Administration, 

Mailstop T–6D59, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, and should cite the 

publication date and page number of 

this Federal Register notice. Comments 

may also be delivered to the NRC, Room 

T–6D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 

from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. during 

Federal workdays. To be considered in 

the scoping process, written comments 

should be postmarked by April 6, 2004. 

Electronic comments may be sent by the 

Internet to the NRC at CookEIS@nrc.gov

and should be sent no later than April 

6, 2004, to be considered in the scoping 

process. Comments will be available 

electronically and accessible through 

ADAMS at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html.

Participation in the scoping process 

for the supplement to the GEIS does not 

entitle participants to become parties to 

the proceeding to which the supplement 

to the GEIS relates. Notice of 

opportunity for a hearing regarding the 

renewal application was the subject of 

the aforementioned Federal Register

notice (68 FR 62640). Matters related to 

participation in any hearing are outside 

the scope of matters to be discussed at 

this public meeting. 

At the conclusion of the scoping 

process, the NRC will prepare a concise 

summary of the determination and 

conclusions reached, including the 

significant issues identified, and will 

send a copy of the summary to each 

participant in the scoping process. The 

summary will also be available for 

inspection in ADAMS at http://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

The staff will then prepare and issue for 

comment the draft supplement to the 

GEIS, which will be the subject of 

separate notices and separate public 

meetings. Copies will be available for 

public inspection at the abovementioned addresses, and one copy per 

request will be provided free of charge. 

After receipt and consideration of the 

comments, the NRC will prepare a final 

supplement to the GEIS, which will also 

be available for public inspection. 

Information about the proposed 

action, the supplement to the GEIS, and 

the scoping process may be obtained 

from Mr. Schaaf at the aforementioned 

telephone number or e-mail address.

Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 29th 

day of January, 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Pao-Tsin Kuo, 

Program Director, License Renewal and 

Environmental Impacts Program, Division of 

Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 04–2620 Filed 2–5–04; 8:45 am] 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–49156; File No. SR–

MBSCC–2001–06] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; MBS 

Clearing Corporation; Order Granting 

Approval of a Proposed Rule Change 

Regarding the Monitoring of MBSCC 

Participants’ Financial Condition and 

Activities 

January 30, 2004. 

I. Introduction 

On November 27, 2001, MBS Clearing 

Corporation (‘‘MBSCC’’) 1 filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) proposed rule change 

SR-MBSCC–2001–06 pursuant to 

section 19(b)(1) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’).2 On 

December 26, 2001, MBSCC filed an 

amendment to the proposed rule 

change. Notice of the proposal was 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 27, 2002.3 On August 21, 2002,4

October 22, 2002,5 February 25, 2003,6

April 10, 2003,7 and October 10, 2003,8

MBSCC filed amendments to the 

proposed rule change.9 No comment 

letters were received. For the reasons 

discussed below, the Commission is 

granting approval of the proposed rule 

change.

II. Description 

To strengthen MBSCC’s monitoring of 

participants’ financial condition and 

activities, as well as to conform its rules 

to its standard practices, MBSCC is 

amending its rules to (i) add a 

requirement that registered brokers and 

dealers submit copies to MBSCC of 

supplemental reports filed with the 

Commission pursuant to Rule 17a–11 

and that all participants submit to 

MBSCC copies of any similar types of 

regulatory notifications and (ii) expand 

the financial criteria used by MBSCC for