January 9, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register January 9, 1998

View all documents issued on January 9, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

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Agencies Publishing on January 9, 1998

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are amending the Karnal bunt regulations by adding compensation provisions for growers and seed companies for the loss in value of wheat seed and straw in the 1995-1996 crop season. The payment of compensation is necessary in order to reduce the e...
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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published a document in the Federal Register of December 12, 1997, concerning a public meeting by the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection on January 13 and 14, 1998, to continue dis...
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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). Nominees are sought who have scientific expertise in the fields of Microbiology, Epidemio...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Block groups are geographic statistical divisions of census tracts, each of which consists of from one to nine block groups. A block group comprises a reasonably compact and contiguous cluster of census blocks. The primary goal of the block group pro...
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Census county divisions (CCDs) are geographic statistical entities established cooperatively by the Census Bureau and officials of state and local governments in 21 states where minor civil divisions (MCDs) either do not exist or are unsatisfactory f...
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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain fresh cut flowers from Mexico in response to a request from Rancho del Pacifico (Pacifico), respondent. Additionally, the Depa...
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The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the final results of the third administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain industrial phosphoric acid from Israel, covering the period January 1, 1995 through December 3...
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In response to requests by petitioners <SUP>1</SUP> and respondent Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (Ta Chen), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain welded stainles...
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Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed Findings Document, Environmental Assessment (EA), and Finding of No Significant Impact for California. Coastal states and territories were required to submit their coastal nonprofit programs...
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The International Trade Administration (ITA) is soliciting competitive applications to establish and operate an American Business Center<SUP></SUP> (ABC<SUP></SUP>)in Samara, Russia for a three (3) year multi-year award period. ABC<SUP></SUP> Sama...
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NMFS is designating critical habitat for the Umpqua River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki). Designated critical habitat includes all river reaches of the Umpqua River accessible to cutthroat trout, including all Umpqua River estuarine are...
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Notice is hereby given that on December 18, 1997, permit No. 873 issued to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, P.O. Box 271, La Jolla, CA 92038-0271, was amended.
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The NWS is publishing proposed certifications for the automation and closure of the following Weather Service offices at the indicated FAA Weather Observation Service Level: (1) Astoria, Oregon Weather Service Office (WSO) which will be automated at...
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In response to a request by an importer of the subject merchandise, the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from the People's Republic of China. The review cov...
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In response to a request by the petitioner, General Housewares Corporation, the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on porcelain-on-steel cookware from Mexico. This review covers Cinsa, S.A. de...
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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 commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete services previously furnished by such agencies.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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In accordance with Section 10 (a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following committee meeting: Name of Committee: School of the Americas (SOA) Subcommittee of the Army Education Advisory Committe...
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The proposed action evaluated by this EIS is the disposal of USAG-F, Aurora, Colorado, in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-510. The EIS addresses the environmental consequences of the disposal and subs...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The exemptee requests to surrender the exemption for its existing project.
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, an...
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On May 14, 1997 USEPA published a direct final rule (62 FR 26396) approving, and an accompanying proposed rule (62 FR 26463) proposing to approve a revision submitted on July 9, 1996 and January 31, 1997, to the ozone maintenance plans for the Dayton...
Rule Jan 09, 1998
This rule extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the insecticide bifenthrin in or on broccoli and cauliflower at 0.1 and 0.05 parts per million (ppm), respectively, for an additional 1-year period, to January 31, 1999. This action is in res...
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This notice announces Agency approval of applications submitted by DowElanco, to conditionally register the pesticide products FirstRate Herbicide and Cloransulam-methyl Technical containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously regi...
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EPA is soliciting interested parties who want to monitor or participate in negotiations on an enforceable consent agreement (ECA) concerning the use of pharmacokinetics (PK) studies and mechanistic data to help meet testing requirements for hydrogen...
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EPA is soliciting interested parties who want to monitor or participate in negotiations on an enforceable consent agreement (ECA) concerning the use of pharmacokinetics (PK) studies and mechanistic data to help meet testing requirements for maleic an...
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EPA is soliciting interested parties who want to monitor or participate in negotiations on an enforceable consent agreement (ECA) concerning the use of pharmacokinetics (PK) studies and mechanistic data to help meet testing requirements for phthalic...
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This regulation establishes tolerances for the combined residues of fenoxaprop-ethyl [(<plus-minus>)-ethyl 2-[4-[(6-chloro-2- benzoxazolyl)oxy]phenoxy]propanoate] and its metabolites [2-[4-](6- chloro-2-benzoxazolyl)oxy]phenoxy]propanoic acid and 6-c...
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Today's action revises the Motor Vehicle Inspection/ Maintenance (I/M) requirements by replacing the I/M rule requirement that the tailpipe portion of the mandatory program evaluation be performed using only an IM240 or equivalent mass-emission trans...
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The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) existing storm water program (Phase I) is resulting in significant improvement of surface water quality in the United States by reducing polluted runoff from a large number of priority sourc...
Proposed Rule Jan 09, 1998
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities. DATES: Comments, identified by the docket control number PF-786,...
Notice Jan 09, 1998
This notice announces EPA's receipt of test data on n-amyl acetate (CAS No. 628-63-7), and alkyl glycidyl ether (CAS No. 120547- 52-6). These data were submitted pursuant to enforceable testing consent agreements/orders issued by EPA under section 4...
Notice Jan 09, 1998
EPA issued in the Federal Register of August 22, 1997, a document establishing tolerances for the combined residues of thiodicarb and its metabolite, methomyl, in or on broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and leafy vegetables (except Brassica vegetables)...
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is revising its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations on Availability of Records to conform with the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996. EEOC is also implementing a dele...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) announces the availability of Fiscal Year 1998 funds and other available funds for Native American Language projects. Financial assistance provided by ANA is designed to assist applicants in designing pro...
Notice Jan 09, 1998
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 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a no...
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This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare provider reimbursement regulations relative to allowable costs and sets a limit on the valuation of a depreciable asset that may be recognized in establishing an appropriate allowance for depre...
Rule Jan 09, 1998
This final rule with comment period incorporates into HCFA's regulations the provisions of section 1877(g)(6) of the Social Security Act (the Act), as added by section 4314 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Section 1877(g)(6) requires that the Secr...
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This proposed rule would incorporate into regulations the provisions of sections 1877 and 1903(s) of the Social Security Act. Under section 1877, if a physician or a member of a physician's immediate family has a financial relationship with a health...
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Under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300aa-26), the CDC must develop vaccine information materials that health care providers, either public or private, are required to distribute to patients/parents prior to administration...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted the following proposed information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C....
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This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Territory of Guam (FEMA-1193-DR), dated December 17, 1997, and related determinations.
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This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (FEMA- 1194-DR), dated December 24, 1997, and related determinations.
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This Notice identifies unutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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OSM is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Arkansas regulatory program (hereinafter the ``Arkansas program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendment consists of revisions to and addi...
Proposed Rule Jan 09, 1998
Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to award a concession contract authorizing retail sales for the public in Yorktown, Virginia within Colonial National Historical park for a period of five (5) years from date of co...
Notice Jan 09, 1998
In this document, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides the explanation for a change in the status of Clematis hirsutissima var. arizonica (Arizona leatherflower), a plant taxon that is under review for possible addition to the Lists...
Proposed Rule Jan 09, 1998
In accordance with section 101(a)(5) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service implementing regulations [50 CFR 18.27(f)(3)], notice is hereby given that Letters of Authorization to take polar bea...
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This Notice is published in accordance with authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary-- Indian Affairs by 209 DM8, and in accordance with the Act of August 15, 1953, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 1161. I certify that R...
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OSM is approving, with exceptions and additional requirements, a proposed amendment to the Mississippi regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Mississippi program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). M...
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This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will make available a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia. The Service is furnishing this notice in com...
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The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 57,459.18 acres of National Forest System lands in Fresno and Tulare Counties to protect 24 groves of Giant Sequoia trees. The proposed withdrawal is mandated by Presidential Proclamation Number 6457...
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OSM is announcing the withdrawal of a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma regulatory program (hereinafter the ``Oklahoma program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendment concerned protected activi...
Proposed Rule Jan 09, 1998
The collection of information described below will be submitted to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Copies of specific information collection requirements, related forms and explanatory material may be obt...
Notice Jan 09, 1998
This order revokes Public Land Order No. 4036 insofar as it affects 1,389.22 acres of public land withdrawn for the Bureau of Reclamation's Dixie Project. The land is no longer needed for reclamation purposes, and the revocation is needed to permit d...
Notice Jan 09, 1998
The Superintendent of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and the Chairperson of the Subsistence Resource Commission for Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve announce a forthcoming meeting of the Gates of the Arctic National Park...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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The Department of Justice is proposing to rewrite 48 CFR Chapter 28, the Justice Acquisition Regulations, in its entirety in order to implement regulatory changes resulting from the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and to further implement recomm...
Proposed Rule Jan 09, 1998
This rule implements provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by amending the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations establishing procedures for the temporary entry of Canadian and Mexican citizen business p...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 94- 463), the U.S. National Administrative Office (NAO) gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Committee for the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC), which was esta...
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Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Northeast Dairy Compact Commission

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The Compact Commission will hold its monthly meeting to consider whether to adopt as a Final Rule the Proposed Rule to exempt from the compact over-order price regulation fluid milk utilized for child nutrition programs and distributed by handlers du...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on December 23, 1997 (62 FR 66977). This action is necessary to correct an erroneous Federal Register citation.
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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This notice advises interested persons that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the ``PBGC'') has declined to make a determination of substantial damage under section 4203(d)(4) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act with respect to the...
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice of application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act; and from certain disclosure requirements set forth in item 22 of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Exchange Act''); item 2, 5(b)(iii), and 16(a)(iii) of Form N-1A; item 3 of Form N-14; item 48 of Form N-SAR; and sections 6-07(2) (a), (b), and (c) of Regulation S-X.
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Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 87-03- 10, which currently requires repetitively inspecting the fillet area of both the left and right main landing gear (MLG) wheel axle/piston tube support junction area for cracks on Empresa B...
Rule Jan 09, 1998
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Precision Airmotive Corporation carburetors, that currently requires the inspection of those carburetors equipped with a two-piece venturi at each annual inspection to...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (RTA) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The RTA will ensure that...
Notice Jan 09, 1998
The FHWA is revising its requirements concerning glazing materials, windshield condition, coloring and tinting of windshields and windows, and obstructions to the driver's field of view for commercial motor vehicles operated in interstate commerce. T...
Rule Jan 09, 1998
The FHWA announces its decision to grant the petition of David R. Rauenhorst for a waiver of the vision requirement contained in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).
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FRA is withdrawing the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding two-way end-of-train telemetry devices and certain passenger train operations issued on December 29, 1997 and published in the Federal Register on January 5, 1998. See 63 FR 195. F...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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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...
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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 Jan 09, 1998
Bay Area Services, of Texas City, Texas, a Customs approved gauger, under Section 151.13 of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 151.13), was found not operating in compliance with Customs laws and regulations. Specifically, Bay Area Services does not hav...
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