May 13, 2002 (Volume 67)

Federal Register May 13, 2002

View all documents issued on May 13, 2002. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

139 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 13, 2002

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposal to improve forest health and wildlife habitat, reduce urban interface fuels, and make access management changes to improve grizzly bear habitat. The project is loc...
Notice May 13, 2002
The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Virginia Area. The Record of Decision will disclose how the Forest Service has decided to manage approximately 101,000 acres of federal land....
Notice May 13, 2002

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Title Type Published
We are proposing to amend the regulations by adding the Mexican States of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa to the list of regions considered free of classical swine fever. We have conducted a series of risk evaluations and...
Proposed Rule May 13, 2002
We are amending the regulations concerning foot-and-mouth disease to prohibit the importation of used farm equipment from regions affected with foot-and-mouth disease unless the equipment has been steam-cleaned prior to export to the United States so...
Rule May 13, 2002

Meetings:

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In notice document 02-11111 beginning on page 30353 in the issue of Monday, May 6, 2002, make the following correction: On page 30353 in the second column, in the SUMMARY section, the date of the Rapid City, South Dakota, meeting of the Forest Counti...
Notice May 13, 2002
The Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold its fourth meeting.
Notice May 13, 2002

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Encore Technologies LLC of Minnetonka, Minnesota, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 5,968,808, "Method for Producing Desiccation...
Notice May 13, 2002
Notice is hereby given that the Federally owned invention disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/989,287, "Use of Paecilomyces Spp. As Pathogenic Agents Against Subterranean Termites," filed November 20, 2001, is available for licensing a...
Notice May 13, 2002
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Heritage Fare, Ltd., of Cleveland, Ohio, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 5,676,994, "Non-Separable Starch-Oil Compositions," is...
Notice May 13, 2002
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Molecular Staging, Inc. of New Haven, Connecticut, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 6,054,300, "Single-Site Amplification (SSA):...
Notice May 13, 2002

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title Type Published
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all or portions of five counties in Arkansas, three counties in Georgia, eight counties in North Carol...
Rule May 13, 2002

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
On March 7, 2002, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from Indonesia. The review covers three manufacturers/exporters of the subject me...
Notice May 13, 2002
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is extending the time limit of the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Italy.
Notice May 13, 2002
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Germany, Indonesia and Moldova.
Notice May 13, 2002

Export privileges, actions affecting:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
NMFS publishes this notice to solicit proposals for research and development projects that will address the potential suitability of Crassostrea ariakensis or other oysters for aquaculture in Chesapeake Bay. Through this notice, NMFS sets forth instr...
Notice May 13, 2002

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The Director of Defense Procurement is sponsoring a public meeting to discuss the interim rule published at 67 FR 20687 on April 26, 2002. The rule amended the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 811 of the...
Proposed Rule May 13, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Science Board
Notice May 13, 2002
Science Board
Notice May 13, 2002

Education Department logo Education Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice describes the schedule and agenda of the forthcoming meeting of the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council (FICC). Notice of this meeting is intended to inform members of the general public of their opportunity to attend the meeting. Th...
Notice May 13, 2002
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of two forthcoming meetings of the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education (Commission). This notice also describes the functions of the Commission. Notice of these meetings ar...
Notice May 13, 2002

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
ANR Pipeline Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
ANR Pipeline Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
CMS Trunkline Gas Co., LLC
Notice May 13, 2002
Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
Dominion Transmission, Inc.
Notice May 13, 2002
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Notice May 13, 2002
Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P.
Notice May 13, 2002
Mississippi River Transmission Corp.
Notice May 13, 2002
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Notice May 13, 2002
Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
Ohio Valley Hub, LLC
Notice May 13, 2002
PGE Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.
Notice May 13, 2002
PGE Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.
Notice May 13, 2002
Petal Gas Storage, L.L.C.
Notice May 13, 2002
Petal Gas Storage, L.L.C.
Notice May 13, 2002
Questar Pipeline Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
Sea Robin Pipeline Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
State Line Energy, L.L.C., et al.
Notice May 13, 2002
Stingray Pipeline Co., L.L.C.
Notice May 13, 2002
TransColorado Gas Transmission Co.
Notice May 13, 2002
Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.
Notice May 13, 2002
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
Notice May 13, 2002

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Geysers Power Co., LLC, et al.
Notice May 13, 2002

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Southern California Edison
Notice May 13, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Financial Assistance Solicitation No. DE-PS26-02NT41488 entitled Gas Storage Program. The Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), through the Strategic Center for Natu...
Notice May 13, 2002
Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Financial Assistance Solicitation No. DE-PS26-02NT15375 entitled "Public Resources Invested in Management and Extraction (PRIME) ." The Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NE...
Notice May 13, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
EPA is granting full approval to the Clean Air Act (Act), Operating Permits Program of the State of Connecticut (program). Connecticut submitted its program for the purpose of complying with the Act's directive under title V that states develop progr...
Rule May 13, 2002

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing a conditional approval of revisions to the South Coast Air Quality Management District's portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) and oxides of sulfur (SO<...
Proposed Rule May 13, 2002
We are approving a revision to the Minnesota State Implementation Plan (SIP) which updates Minnesota's performance test rule in the SIP. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) submitted the proposed revision to EPA on December 16, 1998. The pr...
Rule May 13, 2002
We are proposing to approve a revision to the Minnesota State Implementation Plan (SIP) that updates Minnesota's performance test rule in the SIP. This plan was submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on December 16, 1998, and sets out th...
Proposed Rule May 13, 2002

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Farm credit system:

Title Type Published
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) published a final rule under parts 611 and 614 on April 12, 2002 (67 FR 17907). This final rule amends our regulations to allow a Farm Credit System (FCS or System) bank or association to terminate its FCS charter...
Rule May 13, 2002

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
This notice announces that the 2001 revenue threshold used for classifying carriers for various accounting and reporting purposes is increased to $119 million. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 mandates that the Commission shall adjust the revenue t...
Notice May 13, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, this notice advises interested persons of the fifth meeting of the Technological Advisory Council ("Council") under its new charter.
Notice May 13, 2002

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice May 13, 2002

Securities:

Title Type Published
FRS, SEC
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board") and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") (collectively, the "agencies") are publishing for comment an interagency White Paper titled: Structural Change in the Settlement...
Notice May 13, 2002

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Establishment of Advisory Board.
Notice May 13, 2002

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice May 13, 2002
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice May 13, 2002
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice May 13, 2002
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice May 13, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice May 13, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice May 13, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice May 13, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice May 13, 2002
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and app...
Notice May 13, 2002

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting nominations for voting members to serve on the Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee (VMAC) in one of the following specialty areas: Pharmacology, Minor Species/Minor Use Veterinary Medicine, and...
Notice May 13, 2002

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title Type Published
Notice if hereby given that a noncompetitive grant award is being made to the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) to develop a national energy deregulation clearinghouse. As a Congressional set-aside, this one-year project is being fund...
Notice May 13, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that $1.5 million in fiscal year (FY) 2002 funds is available for up to 33 Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Grants to existing State P&A systems to provide services to individuals with tr...
Notice May 13, 2002

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
A working group of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) will meet to discuss task statement #34 concerning the minimum standard of competence in security necessary for a ship's security officer and crew. MERPAC advises the Secret...
Notice May 13, 2002

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing regulations for the safety and security of U.S. naval vessels in the navigable waters of the United States. Naval vessel protection zones will provide for the regulation of vessel traffic in the vicinity of many U.S. n...
Rule May 13, 2002
The Coast Guard is establishing moving and fixed security zones around cruise ships located on San Pedro Bay, California, near and in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. These actions are necessary to ensure public safety and prevent sabotage or...
Rule May 13, 2002

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201(b), and to the regulations adopted as 43 CFR part 3410, all interested parties are h...
Notice May 13, 2002

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability for public review of a Draft Recovery Plan for Five Plants from Monterey County, California. This recovery plan includes the following species: coastal dunes milk-vetch (Astr...
Proposed Rule May 13, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508 Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, and 43 Code of Federal Regulations 3809, the Bureau of Land Management's Bat...
Notice May 13, 2002

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
30-day notice of information collection under review: New collection; tribal resources grant program hiring progress Report.
Notice May 13, 2002

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
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 con...
Notice May 13, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 con...
Notice May 13, 2002
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...
Notice May 13, 2002
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 con...
Notice May 13, 2002
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 con...
Notice May 13, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Employment and Training Administration published a document in the Federal Register of April 17, 2002, concerning the availability of grant funds to award a grant to "grass-roots" organizations or small faith-based and community-based non-profit...
Notice May 13, 2002

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Records management:

Title Type Published
NARA is revising the records management regulations in Subchapter B to simplify certain records disposition procedures. The current rule addresses only hard copy distribution of agency records disposition manuals. This rule reflects agencies' use of...
Rule May 13, 2002

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National Science Foundation

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public and other Federal...
Notice May 13, 2002
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public and other Federal...
Notice May 13, 2002
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public and other Federal...
Notice May 13, 2002

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal
Notice May 13, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of May 29, 2002, for the direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of March 15, 2002 (67 FR 11566). This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations by revisin...
Rule May 13, 2002

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Presidio Trust logo Presidio Trust

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice of availability of the Presidio Trust Management Plan (PTMP): Land Use Policies for Area B of The Presidio of San Francisco and associated Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The PTMP (formerly known as the Presidio Trust Implementation Plan or PTIP) is an update to the July 1994 Final General Management Plan Amendment (GMPA) for the portion of The Presidio of San Francisco (Presidio) now under the Presidio Trust's (Trust's) jurisdiction (Area B). The PTMP EIS supplements the GMPA Environmental Impact Statement adopted by the National Park Service (NPS) for the Presidio in 1994.
Notice May 13, 2002

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 13, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Information disseminated by Federal agencies; quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity guidelines; correction
Notice May 13, 2002

Securities:

No documents available.

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
On April 27, 2002, the Department of State certified, pursuant to section 609 of Public Law 101-162 ("Section 609"), that 17 nations have adopted programs to reduce the incidental capture of sea turtles in their shrimp fisheries comparable to the pro...
Notice May 13, 2002

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This document confirms the effective date of a direct final rule that establishes a Class D Surface Area at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field in Indian Springs, NV.
Rule May 13, 2002
This action establishes Class E airspace at the surface at St. George Municipal Airport, St. George, UT. The intended effect of this action is to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at St. George Municipa...
Rule May 13, 2002
This action modifies Class E airspace at Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey, ID. Newly developed Area Navigation (RNAV) Special Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at the Friedman Memorial Airport made this action necessary. Additional Class...
Rule May 13, 2002
This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Kodiak, AK. The FAA is establishing four new standard instrument approach procedures (SIAP) at the Kodiak Airport, Kodiak, Alaska. The current SIAPs will be cancelled coincident with the effective da...
Proposed Rule May 13, 2002
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption, part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from spe...
Notice May 13, 2002
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption, part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of a certain petition seeking relief...
Notice May 13, 2002

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document corrects information in an existing airworthiness directive (AD that applies to certain Boeing Model 727, 727C, 727-100, 727-100C, 727-200, and 727-200F series airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive inspections to find crackin...
Rule May 13, 2002
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700 and 701) series airplanes, that currently requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual to address uncomman...
Rule May 13, 2002
This document corrects Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2002-06-04 for the specified Eurocopter France helicopters that was published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2002 (67 FR 12858). The effective date as stated in paragraph (f) of the AD is inco...
Rule May 13, 2002
This document proposes revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Kaman Aerospace Corporation (Kaman) Model K-1200 helicopters. That AD currently requires reducing the life limit of the rotor shaft and teeter pin assembly and establishing...
Proposed Rule May 13, 2002
This document corrects an effective date in Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2002-05-06. That AD applies to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S-76A helicopters and was published in the Federal Register on March 18, 2002 (67 FR 11893). The effective dat...
Rule May 13, 2002

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
On February 26, 2002, RSPA published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to consider changes to the requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) on the transportation of hazardous materials by aircraft. These changes would modify or...
Proposed Rule May 13, 2002
This advisory document is to remind shippers of hazardous materials in commerce, particularly by aircraft, of their responsibilities to properly identify, package, and communicate the hazards of those materials in conformance with the Hazardous Mater...
Rule May 13, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 172: Future Air-Ground Communications in the VHF Aeronautical Data Band (118-137 MHz).
Notice May 13, 2002

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title Type Published
The FMCSA establishes minimum requirements for new entrant motor carriers to ensure that they are knowledgeable about applicable Federal motor carrier safety standards. After ensuring that they are knowledgeable through the application process, the n...
Rule May 13, 2002

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).
Notice May 13, 2002
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use PFC revenue at the Walker Field Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).
Notice May 13, 2002

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
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 May 13, 2002
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 May 13, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 May 13, 2002

Customs bonds:

Title Type Published
This notice advises the public of the procedures that must be followed by importers to ensure continuous bond coverage on future import transactions in the case of continuous bonds maintained by Customs in New York that were destroyed in the terroris...
Notice May 13, 2002

Financial and accounting procedures:

Title Type Published
This document adopts as a final rule, with certain modifications, the content of interim amendments to the Customs Regulations which provide a new procedure for requesting refunds of export harbor maintenance fees. The new procedure simplifies the re...
Rule May 13, 2002

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 (67 FR 12863) relating to the character of gain or loss from hedging transactions.
Rule May 13, 2002
This document contains proposed regulations that provide that gain or loss arising from certain commodities hedging transactions and currency gain or loss arising from certain interest-bearing liabilities do not constitute (or are not netted against)...
Proposed Rule May 13, 2002

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