June 17, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register June 17, 1996

View all documents issued on June 17, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

131 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on June 17, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The purpose of this notice is to announce the third and final meeting of the Marine Mammal Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
This interim final rule suspends, for the 1996 season only, the minimum grade requirements (Washington No. 1) currently in effect for fresh shipments of apricots grown in Washington. This change was recommended by the Washington Apricot Marketing Com...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
This final rule removes the Department of Agriculture (hereinafter ``USDA'') regulation on classification, declassification, and safeguarding of classified information. This regulation is unnecessary because no requests to declassify documents have b...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
This final rule modifies language in the cranberry marketing order's rules and regulations to change the first date by which handlers must file their acquisition reports from February 5 to January 5 during each crop year. This rule will provide more...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
This final rule establishes a rules and regulations subpart under the Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Order (Order). The Order is authorized under the Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information A...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of a currently approved information collection in support of regulations under the Animal...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Caribbean Council) will convene one public hearing on alternatives for closed areas to protect spawning aggregations of red hind in an area off Mayaguez, PR.
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
The Climate and Global Change Program represents a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contribution to evolving national and international programs designed to improve our ability to observe, understand, predict, and respond to cha...
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NMFS is opening directed fishing for the Pacific cod fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully utilize the first seasonal bycatch allowance of Pacific halibut...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
NMFS is issuing this document to provide its interpretation of the limitations placed on the use of appropriated funds by the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1996 (Act) for fiscal year 1996. The Act states that no ap...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
The Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 did not include funding for the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration. Some functions that are directly linked to tourism and trade are being established in the International Trade...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
On April 24, 1996, NMFS published a proposed rule to amend the regulations protecting sea turtles to enhance their effectiveness in reducing sea turtle mortality resulting from shrimp trawling in the Atlantic and Gulf Areas in the southeastern United...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
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Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of the Census is considering a proposal to conduct the Survey of Environmental Products and Services for the year 1995 under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and 193. On the basis of i...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
Today, the Corps has published a Notice document containing its proposal to reissue the existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and conditions, with some modifications, and issue four new NWPs. The Corps will hold a public hearing on the nationwide permit...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The Corps of Engineers is proposing to reissue the existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and conditions, with some modifications, and issue four new NWPs. We are also proposing options for the threshold limits for NWP 26. The public is invited to provid...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The licensee requests Commission approval to grant a permit to Mr. John Mullen, d/b/a Thunder Bay Marina for the construction and operation of a marina facility. The proposed facility includes the addition of 5 floating docks containing 129 boat slips to an existing facility, with 3 floating docks containing 80 boat slips, for a total of 8 floating docks containing 209 boat slips.
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On May 13, 1996, the coalition for a Competitive Electric Market (CCEM) filed a motion for expedited clarification of the service requirements for filing tariffs in compliance with the final rule in this proceeding (61 FR 21540, May 10, 1996). CCEM a...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Reporting Requir...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
This notice announces EPA's approval of an application for a test marketing exemption (TME) under section 5(h)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and 40 CFR 720.38. EPA has designated this application as TME-96-4. The test marketing condit...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The EPA is reproposing action on two limited aspects of the Operating Permits Program submitted by the Idaho Division of Environmental Quality for the purpose of complying with Federal requirements for an approvable State program to issue operating p...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
This document announces two public meetings to seek comments from a broad spectrum of participants on recommendations by the U.S. and European automotive industry for actions by the U.S. and European Union governments concerning international harmoni...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorit...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorit...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission adopted a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on tentative conclusions that it should establish benchmarks for the rates that consumers are asked to pay for operator service calls reflecting what consume...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
The Commission adopted restrictions on use of the Inmarsat system for aeronautical services in the U.S. in Aeronautical Services Order II. In a Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (FNPRM), the Commission is examining the prior restrictions and see...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Lyle Robert Evans d/b/a The Radio Company proposing the allotment of Channel 281A to Forestville, Wisconsin, as that community's first local FM service. Canadian concurrence has been requested fo...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed on behalf of Henry Radio Company, licensee of Station KLLK-FM, Fort Bragg, California, requesting the reallotment of Channel 228B from Fort Bragg to Willits, California, and modifica...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed on behalf of Happy Nice Valley Broadcasting (``petitioner'') seeking the allotment of FM Channel 252A to Riverdale, California, as that locality's first local aural transmission serv...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
This Memorandum Opinion and Order requires LECs to change the classification of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switches from circuit equipment to switching equipment for the purposes of assigning investment to accounts in the Uniform System of Acco...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
By this action, the Commission modified its rules to eliminate the requirement that parties who manufacture, import or market television receivers file reports concerning the UHF noise figure performance of recently-introduced models. We found that t...
Rule Jun 17, 1996

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Notice Jun 17, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is proposing to amend its Regulation D regarding reserve requirements of depository institutions issued pursuant to section 19 of the Federal Reserve Act in order to reduce regulatory burden and si...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order requires, among other things, the Chicago-based corporation to possess competent and reliable s...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, the New York-based manufacturers and distributors of toys from u...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order, among other things, permits a Tennessee-based corporation to acquire John Randolph Medical Cen...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, a Michigan corporation from misrepresenting the fat or nutrient...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federral law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, the respondents from enforcing the exclusivity provisions conta...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order requires, among other things, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of health care products to divest...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
This order reopens a 1987 consent order--which required L'Air Liquide to divest certain specified air separation gases assets and required prior Commission approval before making certain acquisitions-- and sets aside the consent order pursuant to the...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order requires, among other things, the California-based corporation to divest, within ninety days, P...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, an Illinois ice cup dessert manufacturer from misrepresenting th...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
This order reopens a 1958 consent order--which required Lorillard to offer compensation for promotional services on proportionally equal terms to all competing companies that distribute its tobacco and other products--and sets aside the consent order...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, a Colorado-based advertising agency and its officer from using d...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, a New York-based frozen yogurt manufacturer from misrepresenting...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, a Virginia-based corporation and its officer from making unsubst...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) allocates funding to States and territories for the Community Mental Health Services (CMHS) Block Grant and the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant. This n...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) announces the availability of Fiscal Year 1996 funding. Funds from NCCAN are for research on the causes, prevention, identification, treatment and cultural distinctions of child abuse and neglect...
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that a total of 16 Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) grantees and 1 Health Care for Homeless Children grantee will reach the end of their project periods during fiscal year (FY) 1997....
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This Federal Register notice sets forth a recently issued OIG Special Fraud Alert concerning fraud and abuse practices in the provision of medical and other health services to residents of nursing facilities. For the most part, OIG Special Fraud Aler...
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The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to ``select, implement, and evaluate four separate model programs for the education of young people about domestic violence and violenc...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to solicit nominations from the public for the elected official vacancy on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Resource Advisory Council currently assisting BLM. Established and authorized in 1995 by the Secretar...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to award eight (8) concession permits authorizing continued operation of johnboat rental, shuttle and guide services for the public at Buffalo National River for a period of five (...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The Service issued a Draft Environmental Alternatives Analysis (EAA) (February 23, 1996, 61 FR 6964) for the proposed special rule for the conservation of the northern spotted owl on non-Federal lands in California and Washington, which is currently...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2710, of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-497), the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III (casino...
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This rulemaking action will revise the leasing and permitting regulations in 25 CFR Part 162, and incorporate the general grazing permit regulations now found in 25 CFR Part 166. The rule will also implement the relevant provisions in a number of sta...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
Correction Jun 17, 1996
Correction Jun 17, 1996
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is proposing to amend its regulations on the Osage competency roll as required by the National Performance Review regulatory reform effort.
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to award eleven concession contracts authorizing continued operation of commercially guided, interpretive whitewater river tours, for the public at Dinosaur National Monument for a...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to award twenty (20) concession permits authorizing continued operation of canoe, inner tube, and johnboat rentals, merchandise stores, woodlots, hot showers and related services f...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to award twenty-one (21) concession permtis authorizing continued operation of canoe rental, shuttle and related services for the public at Buffalo National River for a period of f...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission announces the establishment of a program to adjudicate the claims of certain United States survivors of the Holocaust for compensation pursuant to a September 19, 1995, agreement between the United States and...
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Correction Jun 17, 1996

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing. Copies of patent applications cited are available from t...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
NASA hereby gives notice that Hargraves Technology Corporation, of 14100 Wynfield Creek Parkway, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078, has requested an exclusive license to practice the invention disclosed in NASA Case No. LAR-15,348-1, entitled ``THIN...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

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National Labor Relations Board

Title Type Published
Pursuant to a request from the Management Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Subcommittee on NLRB Practice and Procedure, the NLRB gives notice that it is extending by approximately 45 days the time for filing comments on the proposed rule chan...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The rates of basic pay and locality payments for certain categories of Federal employees were adjusted in January 1996, as authorized by the President. This notice documents those pay adjustments for the public record.
Notice Jun 17, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget a request for clearance of a revised inf...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e) (4) and (11)), we are issuing public notice of our intent to establish a new routine use of information maintained in the Privacy Act system of records entitled Master Files of Social Security Numb...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Title IV, section 401(a), of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (``Act''), 22 U.S.C. 6021 et seq., also known as the Helms-Burton Act, provides that the ``Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Attorney Gener...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

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Notice Jun 17, 1996

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has initiated an investigation under section 302(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2412(b)(1)), with respect to certain acts, policies and practices of the Government o...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
On November 6, 1995, the Office of the United States Trade Representative published a notice in the Federal Register providing an opportunity for the public to comment on a proposal to suspend certain Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This final rule: Updates the terminology used to describe simulators; eliminates the requirement that the minimum of 1 year of employment as an instructor or check airman be with the operator of the simulator; and authorizes the use of Level C simula...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
This document contains a correction to the NPRM published in the Federal Register on May 23, 1996 (61 FR 26036). The NPRM proposes to rescind the Mode S transponder requirement for all aircraft operations under part 135 and certain aircraft operation...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) engine oil filter adapter assemblies installed on aircraft. This action requires inspecting the oil filter and adapter assembly (or torque putty...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
This action makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 96-09-15 concerning all Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 208 and 208B airplanes, which was published in the Federal Register on May 7, 1996 (61 FR 20641). That publication incorrec...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Jetstream Aircraft Limited (JAL) Jetstream Model 3201 airplanes. This action requires repetitively inspecting the spigot housing plate for cracks and corrosion at the wi...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
This document proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Schweizer Aircraft Corporation and Hughes Helicopters, Inc. Model 269A, 269A-1, 269A-2, and 269B helicopters, that currently requires initial and repetitive i...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
Correction Jun 17, 1996
This amendment modifies the Class E airspace area at Philip Billard Municipal Airport, Topeka, KS; Kingman Municipal Airport, Kingman, KS; Hutchinson Municipal Airport, Hutchinson, KS; and Wahoo Municipal Airport, Wahoo, NE. The development of new St...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
NHTSA has granted a petition for rulemaking from Mr. Dee Norton, who petitioned the Agency to require convex cross view mirrors on the left rear top corner of the cargo box of stepvan and walk-in style delivery and service trucks. NHTSA's analysis of...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
In accordance with the President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, the FHWA proposes to amend its regulation outlining the procedures to be followed in mitigating the impacts of Federal-aid highway projects and programs to wetlands. The current re...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Jefferson County Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
This final rule implements the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and amends requirements that RSPA issued as an interim final rule on June 16, 1993. This rule adopts requirements for packaging, communic...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
FRA announces the initiation of rulemaking on rail passenger equipment safety standards. FRA requests comment on the need for particular safety requirements and the costs, benefits, and practicability of such requirements. FRA anticipates this rulema...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
This proposed rule would establish two Federal Airways, V-603 from Pulaski, VA, to Columbia, SC, and V-605 fro Holston Mountain, TN, to Spartanburg, SC. Establishing new airways would expedite the flow of air traffic and reduce the workload for the p...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
This action subdivides Restricted Area 2103 (R-2103), Fort Rucker, AL, into two separate areas, to permit more efficient use of the airspace. R-2103A is designated from the surface to but not including 10,000 feet mean sea level (MSL), and R-2103B is...
Rule Jun 17, 1996
Some experienced pilots who would otherwise qualify as flight instructors or check airmen but who are not medically eligible to hold the requisite medical certificates, cannot perform flight instructor or check airmen functions even in simulators. Th...
Rule Jun 17, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations pertaining to Customs field organization by establishing a new port of entry at Sanford, Florida. The new port of entry would include Orlando- Sanford Airport, located in the city of Sanford, Se...
Proposed Rule Jun 17, 1996
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jun 17, 1996
This notice advises the public of an increase in the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts and refunds of Customs duties. For the quarter beginning July 1, 1996, the rates will be 8 percent f...
Notice Jun 17, 1996

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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