November 22, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register November 22, 1996

View all documents issued on November 22, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

143 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on November 22, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Secretary of Agriculture is establishing an advisory committee to review a preliminary revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Managing California Spotted Owl Habitat in the Sierra Nevada National Forests of California. The Advisory Comm...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Rural Housing Service (RHS), formerly Rural Housing and Community Development Service (RHCDS), a successor Agency to the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), is streamlining and reengineering its regulations and will be utilizing private sector pr...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are seeking information and comments on approaches the two Agencies might take to foster food safety improvements that may be needed in the transportation and st...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice Nov 22, 1996
On September 17, 1996, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register (61 FR 48882) a notice announcing the initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain oil country tubular goods o...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
On May 24, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on color television receivers (CTVs) from the Republic of Korea (49 FR 18336, April 30, 1984...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
Notice is hereby given that Steven A. Serfling of Mote Marine Laboratory & Mote Aquaculture (P610A) has applied in due form for a scientific research permit to take listed shortnose sturgeon.
Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice summarizes the conduct for which certification is...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
On May 8, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Ferrosilicon from Brazil. The review covers exports of this merchandise to the United States b...
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On October 28, 1996 the Binational Panel completed its review of the Final Determination in the antidumping duty administrative review made by the International Trade Administration respecting Gray Portland Cement Clinker from Mexico, Secretariat Fil...
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On October 2, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished or unfinished, (TRBs) from Romania. The revi...
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange) has applied for designation as a contract market in the 91-Day Mexican Treasury Bill (CETES) futures contract and options on that futures contract. The Acting Director of the Division of Economic Anal...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange (CSCE or Exchange) has applied for designation as a contract market in futures and a futures option on BFP milk. The proposed contracts will be in addition to the CSCE's existing physical delivery milk futures contr...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') is proposing to amend its procedures relating to its review and approval of applications for contract market designation and proposed exchange rules relating to contract terms and conditions....
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Notice Nov 22, 1996
This final rule addresses five separate changes to comply with provisions affecting CHAMPUS. These changes will update this part to include as a benefit, a screen to check for the level of lead in the blood of an infant; to eliminate the implied stat...
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The Department of the Navy (Navy) is giving notice of the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Container System for the Management of Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel. The Final EIS was prepared in accordance with the requirem...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Los Alamos Nation...
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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford Site.
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture or import a new chemical to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture or import of substances not on the TSCA...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, EPA gives notice of a two-day meeting of the Community-Based Environmental Protection Committee of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT pro...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred alternative described in the draft EIS. ERP No. D-COE-E30038-FL Rating EC2, Coast of Florida Erosion and Storm Effects Study Region III, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, Shore Protection...
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This notice is a summary of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of a regulation for residues of thiazopyr in or on orange and grapefruit. This summary was prepared by the petitioner.
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This notice is a summary of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of a regulation for residues of spinosad in or on cotton.
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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In its decision establishing regulatory fees for fiscal year 1996, the Commission stated that it would initiate a Notice of Inquiry, in order to develop a more equitable methodology for assessing regulatory fees upon AM and FM licensees, and in parti...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996
The Second Report and Order (Order) released October 31, 1996 relieves nondominant interexchange carriers from filing with the Commission tariffs for interstate, domestic, interexchange services. The Order furthers the pro-competitive and deregulator...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

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The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is amending its regulation on Financing Corporation (FICO) operations to comply with new statutory requirements and to eliminate provisions that have been rendered obsolete by statutory changes. The i...
Rule Nov 22, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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This notice announces forthcoming meetings of public advisory committees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This notice also summarizes the procedures for the meetings and methods by which interested persons may participate in open public hea...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
This notice announces forthcoming meetings of public advisory committees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This notice also summarizes the procedures for the meetings and methods by which interested persons may participate in open public hea...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 6A4499) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of acidified sodium...
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The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development.
Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ethylene/pentene-1 copolymers containing not less than 90 percent of polymer units derived from ethylene as components of articles intende...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This final notice announces the calendar year 1997 updates to the Medicare physician fee schedule and the Federal fiscal year 1997 volume performance standard rates of increase for expenditures for physicians' services under the Medicare Supplementar...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
This final rule makes several policy changes affecting Medicare payment for physician services, including payment for diagnostic services and transportation in connection with furnishing diagnostic tests. The final rule also makes changes in geograph...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), wherein the participation of the FDA is contingent on resolution of any apparent conflict of interest issues, seek a company that can collaboratively pursue the pre-clini...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
On July 8, 1996, the NIH published a Notice of Intent to modify NIH's oversight of gene therapy. Specifically, the NIH proposed to: (1) Terminate the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC); (2) relinquish all approval responsibilities for recom...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard is proposing a change to the regulations governing the operation of the drawspans of the U.S. 101 (New Youngs Bay) highway bridge, mile 0.7, at Smith Point, the Oregon State (Old Youngs Bay) highway bridge, mile 2.4, across Youngs Bay...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996
This rule identifies communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). These communities have applied to the program and have agreed to enact certain floodplain management measures. The communities' participation in the progra...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
The Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee will meet to discuss various navigation safety matters affecting the Lower Mississippi River area. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Nov 22, 1996
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-1144-DR), dated October 29, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Nov 22, 1996
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-1134-DR), dated September 6, 1996 and related determinations.
Notice Nov 22, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Nov 22, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to amend the special regulations for Big Cypress National Preserve (Preserve) by adding a section to regulate frogging. The proposed rule will allow the recreational taking of the pig frog (Rana grylio) th...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is approving a proposed amendment to the Colorado regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Colorado program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA)...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
Ark Land Company has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to obtain a Federal coal lease on 4145.15 acres of Federal coal lands located in Carbon County, Wyoming. The BLM has determined that an EIS must be prepared to evaluat...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is eliminating 25 CFR Part 250 as mandated by Executive Order 12866 to streamline the regulatory process and enhance the planning and coordination of new and existing regulations. The necessity for this rule no longer exi...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed approval by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of a one acre easement on Indian trust land of the Pueblo of San Ildefonso for the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Cooperative...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) council meeting of the Upper Snake River Districts Resource...
Notice Nov 22, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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This final rule expands the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) to fifteen permanent members, including fourteen Board Members and a Chairman. This expansion is necessary because of the Board's increasing caseload. In order to maintain an effective,...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (th...
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The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...
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National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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The purpose of this interim Interpretive Ruling and Policy Statement is to permit federal credit unions to restructure their fields of membership consistent with the recent Court of Appeals decision (``the Decision'') and District Court order (``the...
Rule Nov 22, 1996

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National Science Foundation

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

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Each Federal agency is required by Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, to publish annually a description of the systems of records it maintains containing personal information. In this notice the Board provides the required information on two systems...
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Postal Service logo Postal Service

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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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Notice Nov 22, 1996
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Routers and Switches. The basis for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for this product is that there are no small business manufacturers or pr...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for 8mm Tri-Deck Airborne Recorder (ruggedized). The basis for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for this product is that there are no small busin...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996

State Department logo State Department

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The U.S. Climate Change Action Plan, announced by President Clinton on October 19, 1993, set forth a series of measures designed to return U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 largely through voluntary domestic actions. Recog...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
On April 30, 1995, the Department of State certified, pursuant to Section 609 of Public Law 101-162, that 36 countries with commercial shrimp trawl fisheries have adopted programs to reduce the incidental capture of sea turtles in such fisheries comp...
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) Nomad Models N22B, N22S, and N24A airplanes. This action requires inspecting the flap and aileron control rod fork ends for water accu...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) Nomad Models N22B, N22S, and N24A airplanes. This action requires repetitively inspecting the tailplane stabilizer center section and...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) T96-23-51 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Boeing Model 737 series airplanes by individual telegrams. This AD require...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing 747-400 series airplanes in the ``combi'' configuration. This action requires replacing the decompression panels that are located in the smoke barrier between the...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes, that requires removal of the acoustic damping foils at the skin behind the overhead switch panel. This amendment is prompted by a...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Fokker Model F27 Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 series airplanes, that requires replacement of certain rudder horn assemblies with a new assembly. For certain air...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain HOAC Austria Model DV-20 Katana airplanes. This action requires replacing the muffler with one of improved design, installing a heat shield around the exhaust system end...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain de Havilland Model DHC-8-100 and -300 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive inspections to detect cracks of the upper drag strut trunnion fitting...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is preparing custom software for reporting railroad accidents/incidents pursuant to 49 CFR part 225. The software will facilitate production of all the monthly reports and logs required by the accident report...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
At the request of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) and the Town of Madisonville, Louisiana, the Coast Guard is proposing a change to the regulation governing the operation of the swing span drawbridge across the Tche...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and the Metro-Dade Transit Agency (MDTA) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NE...
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This action corrects an error in the title, Summary, and the rule of Miller Municipal Airport, Miller, SD Class E5 airspace published in a final rule on September 17, 1996 (61 FR 48825), Airspace Docket Number 96-AGL-11.
Rule Nov 22, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, 3506(c)(2)(A)), the FHWA solicits comments on its intent to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend information collections that require motor carriers to tes...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
In accordance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the FHWA to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the approval of the information collec...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, 3506(c)(2)(A)), the FHWA solicits comments on its intent to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend information collections that require motor carriers and dr...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3051, 3506(c) (2) (A)), the FHWA solicits comment on its intent to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the information collection for FHWA's Transportation of H...
Notice Nov 22, 1996
This action withdraws a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to revise the Class E airspace at Kirk Field, Paragould, AR. The proposal was to revise the controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the ground (AGL) was neede...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996
This notice proposes to revise the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above ground level (AGL) at Corsicana, TX. A new Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 14 at Corsicana Municipa...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996
This notice proposes to revise the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above ground level (AGL) at Gallup, NM. A new Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 24 at Gallup Municipal Airp...
Proposed Rule Nov 22, 1996
On June 18, 1996, FRA published a final rule amending the railroad accident reporting regulations. FRA now makes technical corrections to the final rule and responds to certain concerns raised in petitions for reconsideration of the final rule, which...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This rule extends Jet Route 522 (J-522) from Green Bay, WI, to Brainerd, MN. This action provides a published route for aircraft to transition from the en route environment to the standard terminal arrival route (STAR) serving the Minneapolis-St. Pau...
Rule Nov 22, 1996
This action revokes the Class D airspace at Blytheville, AR. The decommissioning of the Blytheville, Arkansas International Airport control tower removes the need for Class D airspace extending upward from the surface to, but not including, 2,800 fee...
Rule Nov 22, 1996

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