On April 8, 2005, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of a Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the licensee's failure to perform a written safety evaluation and obtain Commission approval prior to making a procedural change which resulted in a change to the facility as described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report that increased the probability of a malfunction of equipment important to safety previously evaluated in the safety analysis report.