On October 6, 2006, a Severity Level III Notice of Violation and Proposed Civil Penalty in the amount of $60,000 was issued to the Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M). The violation resulted from changes the licensee made to its D. C. Cook Emergency Plan in April 2003. In accordance with 10 CFR 50.54(q), a licensee may make changes to emergency plans without Commission approval only if the changes do not decrease the effectiveness of the plans and the plans, as changed, continue to meet the standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b). In April 2003, I&M made changes, without Commission approval, to the Fission Product Barrier Matrix Emergency Action Level (EAL) in the D. C. Cook Emergency Plan that decreased the effectiveness of the plan and resulted in use of a non-standard scheme of EALs.