June 6, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register June 6, 2003

View all documents issued on June 6, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

128 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on June 6, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed Bursal Disease-Marek's Di...
Notice Jun 06, 2003
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed feline leukemia vaccine f...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The USDA Forest Service published a Notice of Intent to prepare and environmental impact statement for the Chips Ahoy Project in the Federal Register on December 6, 2002 (Vol. 67, No. 235, pages 72635-72637). A revised Notice of Intent is being issue...
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Pursuant to section 102(2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resources C...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Meat and poultry inspection:

Title Type Published
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending its regulations to require that official establishments that produce certain ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products prevent product adulteration by the pathogenic environmental contamina...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Meetings:

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The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sponsoring a public meeting on June 12, 2003. The purpose of this meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items that...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Jun 06, 2003
This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by imposing a license requirement on the export and reexport of any item subject to the EAR by a U.S. person or non-U.S. person to persons designated in or pursuant to Executive Order 13224...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
China
Notice Jun 06, 2003
The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the current review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Korea. The period of review is November 1, 2001 through Octobe...
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Thailand
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Countervailing duties:

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The Department of Commerce ("Commerce") has prepared these results of redetermination pursuant to the decision of the Binational NAFTA Panel ("Panel") in Alloy Magnesium and Pure Magnesium from Canada, USA-CDA-00-1904-07 (October 15, 2002) ("Panel De...
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Canada
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
Inseason adjustments; CFR correction
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) publishes this notice to correct an action entitled "Notice of Solicitation for Applications" to clarify the Eligibility Information to include "U.S. citizens".
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
This action adds to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jun 06, 2003

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

African Growth and Opportunity Act and United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:

Title Type Published
On June 2, 2003, the Chairman of CITA received a petition from Ryberg and Smith, L.L.P. on behalf of their clients, Consolidated Fabrics Ltd., Socota Textile Mills Ltd., New Island Clothing Ltd., Aquarelle Clothing Ltd., and Jaysix USA Inc., alleging...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
In the Federal Register of March 24, 2003, (68 FR 14202), the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Visits to facilities
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
CenterPoint Energy - Mississippi River Transmission Corp.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
MIGC, Inc.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Overthrust Pipeline Co.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. et al.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Co.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Transwestern Pipeline Co.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
USG Pipeline Co.
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
D.E. Shaw Plasma Power, L.L.C., et al.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Gilroy Energy Center, LLC, et al.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Whiting Clean Energy, Inc., et al.
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Practice and procedure:

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Off-the-record communications
Notice Jun 06, 2003

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 document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): The SunWise Sc...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

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

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to disapprove revisions to the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District (AVAQMD), Butte County Air Quality Management District (BCAQMD), Kern County Air Pollution Control District (KCAPCD), Mojave Desert Air Quality Management...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003
On April 8, 2003, EPA published a proposed rule (68 FR 17002) and a direct final rule (68 FR 16959) conditionally approving revisions to section 310 CMR 7.06 entitled "Visible Emissions" as a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the Commonwea...
Rule Jun 06, 2003
The EPA is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the purpose of amending rule NCAC 2D .0521 Visible Emissions. In the Final Rules Section...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003
On April 16, 2001, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources submitted revisions to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP). Addressed in this rulemaking is a revision to rule 15 NCAC 2D .0521. The purpose of this...
Rule Jun 06, 2003
Due to an adverse comment, the EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule providing new compliance options for sources subject to Wisconsin rules that limit emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) from large electricity generating units in the Mi...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Weekly receipts
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications from eligible community-based organizations in order for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide financial assistance to those organizations through the new Environmental Justice...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
This regulation establishes time-limited exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of thymol and eucalyptus oil on honey and honeycomb. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the F...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The EPA is issuing its new Public Involvement Policy. The purpose of today's Notice is to advise the public and present the Policy. The new Policy provides guidance to EPA staff on effective and reasonable means to involve the public in EPA's regulat...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), is announcing the date and location of an upcoming meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee On All Appropriate Inquiry.
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003

Water supply:

Title Type Published
On May 5, 2003, the Environmental Protection Agency published two notices in the Federal Register. The first announced the Notice of Availability (NOA) (68 FR 23673) of EPA's "Relative Risk Assessment of Management Options for Treated Wastewater in S...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE) program office, which is responsible for improving Federal acquisition processes through reliance on a technology-based integrated infrastructure, is initiating a pilot to begin making Federal contracts av...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Government Accountability Office logo Government Accountability Office

Title Type Published
This rule amends General Accounting Office (GAO) regulations regarding the pubic availability and disclosure of GAO records. The amendments are necessary in order for the GAO to voluntarily adopt certain procedural principles of the Electronic Freedo...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Phoenix Scientific, Inc. The ANADA provides for the use of acepromazine maleate injectab...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries; correction
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project
Notice Jun 06, 2003
The Office of Population Affairs published a notice in the Federal Register of April 14, 2003 announcing the availability of funds for family planning male reproductive health research grants. A correction Notice was published on May 23, 2003. There...
Notice Jun 06, 2003
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) announces the availability of FY 2003 funds for the grant program described below. A synopsis of this funding opportunity, as well as man...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This final rule establishes the annual update of the payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). It also changes the annual period for which the rates a...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels
Notice Jun 06, 2003
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jun 06, 2003
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jun 06, 2003
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jun 06, 2003
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jun 06, 2003
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Jun 06, 2003
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Jun 06, 2003
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
National Center for Health Statistics
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes establishing a safety zone for an annual fireworks display on the waters of the Columbia River in the vicinity of Astoria, Oregon. The Captain of the Port, Portland, Oregon, is taking this action to safeguard watercraft and t...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003
The Coast Guard proposes to create a regulated navigation area in Port Everglades Harbor, Fort Lauderdale, Florida to improve the security and safety of the harbor, and increase the safety of law enforcement officers and high-risk vessels in the vici...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
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 06, 2003
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 06, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice is a solicitation on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior for nominations to fill three vacancies on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee.
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the President's Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508), as implemented by Director's Order 12, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the...
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the final general management plan and environmental impact (GMP/EIS) for Wilson's Creek National Battlef...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a public meeting of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).
Notice Jun 06, 2003

National Register of Historic Places:

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre- clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed an...
Notice Jun 06, 2003
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 Jun 06, 2003
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department), Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) announces the availability of $2.5 million to award up to five competitive grants ranging from approximately $500,000 to $750,000 for strategic planni...
Notice Jun 06, 2003
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) announces the availability of $1.8 million to award up to eight competitive grants in the amount of approximately $225,000 to assist states in implementing the High Sch...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Safety and health standards, etc.:

Title Type Published
OSHA is proposing to revise its existing Respiratory Protection Standard to add definitions and specific requirements for assigned protection factors (APFs) and maximum use concentrations (MUCs). The proposed revisions also would supersede the respir...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003
OSHA is proposing to approve an additional controlled negative pressure (CNP) fit testing protocol for its Respiratory Protection Standard. The proposed protocol would affect OSHA respiratory protection standards for shipyard employment and construct...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003

M
Management and Budget Office

Title Type Published
OMB proposes two changes to the framework of Federal government policies for grants and other financial assistance and nonprocurement agreements that will make it easier for applicants and recipients to use the policies. First, OMB proposes to publis...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is holding a workshop on issues related to the construction inspection program for reactors built under the provisions of Part 52. The public workshop is scheduled to discuss the scope and the types of inspecti...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the Agency has prepared an information collection request for OMB review and appro...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Pay under General Schedule:

Title Type Published
The President adjusted the rates of basic pay and locality payments for certain categories of Federal employees effective in January 2003. This notice documents those pay adjustments for the public record.
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title Type Published
In this final rule, the Postal Service adopts revisions to the mailing standards in Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) C023 related to the requirements and packaging standards for mailable types of Division 6.2 infectious substances. These DMM revisions adop...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this document is to give notice of three proposed new routine uses (in different systems of records) and a revision of another routine use in two systems of records.
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new and/or currently approved information collection.
Notice Jun 06, 2003
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new and/or currently approved information collection.
Notice Jun 06, 2003

State Department logo State Department

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requirements (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes, that currently requires repetitive lubrication of the slide shaft of the input plunger o...
Rule Jun 06, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes. This action requires installation of retainers instead of washers in the upper and lower torsion bars of the rudder tab. This a...
Rule Jun 06, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Models PC-12 and PC- 12/45 airplanes. This AD requires you to inspect the front and rear surfaces of the pressure dome for damage and cra...
Rule Jun 06, 2003
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), that is applicable to Pratt and Whitney (PW) model 4000 series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires interim actions to address engine takeoff power loss events until the high...
Rule Jun 06, 2003
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) models PW118, PW120, PW120A, and PW121 turboprop engines. This proposed AD would require replacing the low pressure rotor speed (NL) sensor port sealing tub...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003
This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2003-11-09 applicable to Turbomeca Turmo IV A and IV C series turboshaft engines that was published in the Federal Register on May 29, 2003 (68 FR 31970). The engine model in the regula...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Airworthiness standards:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for the Bombardier Model BD-100-1A10 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category air...
Rule Jun 06, 2003
These special conditions are issued for Raytheon Model HS.125 Series 700A and 700B airplanes modified by Raytheon Aircraft Services, Inc. These modified airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology en...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Aviation proceedings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding Linea Aerea Puertorriquena, Inc., fit, willing, and able, and awarding it a certificate of public convenience and necessity to...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Noise standards:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to amend two technical items to harmonize them with international standards and provide uniform noise certification standards for airplanes certificated in the United States and Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) countries. This will h...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003

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 Jun 06, 2003
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is adding new part 594 to chapter V of 31 CFR to carry out the purposes of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with P...
Rule Jun 06, 2003

Procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains regulations that incorporate and clarify the phrase "return information reflected on returns" in conformance with the terms of section 6103(j)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). These temporary regulations also remove cert...
Rule Jun 06, 2003
The IRS is issuing regulations to incorporate and clarify the phrase "return information reflected on returns" in conformance with the terms of section 6103(j)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). These temporary regulations also remove certain it...
Proposed Rule Jun 06, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. section 552a, the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs, notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to condu...
Notice Jun 06, 2003

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