June 23, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register June 23, 2006

View all documents issued on June 23, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

101 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on June 23, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, this notice announces the Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) intention to request an extension of a currently approved informat...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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This notice announces that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). Nominations for membership are being sought from individu...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (the Westpoint Project) on a proposal to treat vegetation using a variety of silvicultural methods on approximately 930 acres of National Forest System lands in the Middle Creek and Sc...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Meetings:

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The Ketchikan Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Ketchikan, Alaska, July 20, 2006 and August 24, 2006. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss potential projects under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committees Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Lassen National Forest's Lassen County Resource Advisory Committ...
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committees Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393), the Modoc National Forest's Modoc County Resource Advisory Committe...
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committees Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Modoc National Forest's Modoc Resource Advisory Committee will m...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

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Antitrust Modernization Commission

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The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold a public meeting on July 25 & 26, 2006. The purpose of the meeting is for the Antitrust Modernization Commission to deliberate on possible recommendations regarding the antitrust laws to Congress and t...
Notice Jun 23, 2006
The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold a public meeting on July 13, 2006. The purpose of the meeting is for the Antitrust Modernization Commission to deliberate on possible recommendations regarding the antitrust laws to Congress and the Pr...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice and opportunity for public comment.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Antidumping:

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We determine that metal calendar slides (MCS) from Japan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The estimated margins of sa...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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This notice is to solicit candidates needed to replace voting members of the HSRP for the remainder of calendar year 2006, and supplements a notice published on January 12, 2006, to obtain candidates to replace five of the voting members of the HSRP...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Endangered and threatened species:

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NMFS is requiring that any offshore pound net leader in the Virginia waters of the mainstem Chesapeake Bay, south of 37[deg]19.0' N. lat. and west of 76[deg]13.0' W. long., and all waters south of 37[deg]13.0' N. lat. to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tun...
Rule Jun 23, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

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This proposed rule would amend three fishery management plans to include fisheries and waters around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA). These amendments affect United States domestic fisher...
Proposed Rule Jun 23, 2006

National Defense Stockpile:

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This notice is to advise the public that the National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of increasing the National Defense Stockpi...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Patents:

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") requests comments on a modified plan to remove the paper search collection of marks that include design elements from the USPTO's Trademark Search Facility and replace them with electronic docum...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

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 services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List a service previously furnished by such agencies.
Notice Jun 23, 2006
The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received on or Before: July 23, 2006.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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The United States Air Force is issuing this NOA to announce that a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) addressing the proposed transformation of the 49th Fighter Wing (49 FW) at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico is available for review. The D...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Alternative fuel transportation program:

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The Department of Energy (DOE) today publishes a proposed rule to implement section 514 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, as amended by section 703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which allows States and alternative fuel providers to petition for a...
Proposed Rule Jun 23, 2006

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
Brick and structural clay products and clay ceramics manufacturing; CFR correction
Rule Jun 23, 2006

Air programs:

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EPA is seeking comment on two alternative proposals regarding reformulated gasoline requirements for an area formerly classified as a severe ozone nonattainment area under the 1-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard ("NAAQS" or "standard")...
Proposed Rule Jun 23, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces EPA's progress in meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration during fiscal year 2005. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires EPA to publish information about EPA's a...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

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

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EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of March 8, 2006 (FRL-7758-2) concerning the establishment of tolerances for residues of spinosad in or on various commodities. This document is being issued to correct a typographical omission.
Rule Jun 23, 2006

Protection of human subjects:

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EPA is taking direct final action to explicitly ban research for pesticides involving intentional exposure of human subjects who are nursing women, and therefore providing protection to any nursing infants who may also be exposed. The direct final ru...
Rule Jun 23, 2006
EPA is proposing to amend EPA's final rule promulgated on January 26, 2006, concerning the protection of human subjects in research. The proposed amendments would explicitly ban research for pesticides involving intentional exposure of human subjects...
Proposed Rule Jun 23, 2006

Superfund program:

Title Type Published
On June 22, 2000 "65 FR 38806), EPA published a (Notice of intent to delete 3.45 acres of land from the Motor Wheel Disposal site from the National Priorities List; request for comments", and on June 22, 2000 (65 FR 38774), a "Direct final notice of...
Rule Jun 23, 2006
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is issuing a notice of intent to delete the Brio Refining, Inc. Superfund Site (Site), located in Friendswood, Texas, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pursu...
Proposed Rule Jun 23, 2006
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is publishing a direct final notice of deletion of the Brio Refining, Inc. Superfund Site (Site), located in Friendswood, Texas, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promul...
Rule Jun 23, 2006

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

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Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisi...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Western Balkans; continuation of national emergency (Notice of June 22, 2006)
Presidential Document Jun 23, 2006

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board logo Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463), as amended, and the FASAB Rules Of Procedure, as amended in April, 2004, notice is hereby given that the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board has issued Technical Bulletin 2006- 1, Recognition and Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The FTC intends to conduct consumer research to examine the effectiveness of the FTC's current energy labeling requirements for consumer products and obtain information about alternatives to those labels. This activity is part of the Commission's eff...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act:

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The Commission is amending the premerger notification rules ("the rules") that require the parties to certain mergers and acquisitions to file reports with the Federal Trade Commission ("the Commission" or "FTC") and the Assistant Attorney General in...
Rule Jun 23, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Medicare and Medicaid:

Title Type Published
This notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published from January 2006 through March 2006, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This notice provides inf...
Notice Jun 23, 2006
This final notice announces our decision to deny T[Uuml]V Healthcare Specialists' (T[Uuml]VHS) request for deeming authority for hospitals that wish to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Medicare:

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This interim final rule with comment period identifies the Prescriber/Pharmacist Interface SCRIPT Standard, Implementation Guide, Version 8.1 (hereafter referred to as "Version 8.1 of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) SCRIPT...
Rule Jun 23, 2006

Meetings:

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In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), this notice announces the second biannual meeting of the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Groups (the Panel) for 2006. The p...
Notice Jun 23, 2006
This notice announces a public meeting of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC) ("Committee"). Among other things, the Committee provides advice and recommendations about whether scientific evidence is adequate to determine whether certain...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a publication containing modifications the agency is making to the list of standards FDA recognizes for use in premarket reviews (FDA recognized consensus standards). This publication, entitled "Mo...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-day notice of information collection under review: Notice of Immigration Pilot Program, OMB Control No. 1615-0061.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is temporarily changing the regulations governing the operation of the Pinellas Bayway Structure "E" (SR 679) Bridge, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway mile 113, St. Petersburg Beach, Pinellas County, Florida. This rule is needed to provide...
Rule Jun 23, 2006

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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The Coast Guard announces that the majority of the agency contact phone numbers for its regulatory projects and Federal advisory committees have changed. This notice provides the current agency contact phone numbers for our on-going regulatory projec...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Ports and waterways safety; regulated navigation areas, safety zones, security zones, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the St. Louis River in Duluth, Minnesota. The purpose of the safety zone is to protect the boating public from dangers associated with the cleanup operation in and around Stryker Bay. Entry i...
Rule Jun 23, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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 23, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask OMB to renew approval for our information collection associated with applications for designation of shot material as nontoxic for hunting waterfowl and coots. The current OMB control number for this informatio...
Notice Jun 23, 2006
National Register of Historic Places; pending nominations
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and associated regulations, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)...
Notice Jun 23, 2006
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability for public review of the draft Pacific Gas & Electric Company Operations and Maintenance Habitat Conservation Plan (Plan), draft Implementing Agreement (IA), and draft Environmen...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) revises its regulations on classification and program review to remove unnecessary regulations and to ensure that classification and program review procedures adequately address inmate needs.
Rule Jun 23, 2006

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Safety and health standards, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is correcting errors in the final rule addressing occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium that appeared in the Federal Register on February 28, 2006.
Rule Jun 23, 2006

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of Humanities Panels will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Meeting notice and request for speakers.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Nuclear equipment and material; export and import:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of June 27, 2006, for the direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of April 13, 2006 (71 FR 19102). This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations that gove...
Rule Jun 23, 2006

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 23, 2006
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jun 23, 2006
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jun 23, 2006
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Jun 23, 2006
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Jun 23, 2006
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky dated 6/15/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 4/2/2006. Effective Date: 6/15/2006. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 8/...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

State Department logo State Department

Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act:

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board has approved the third quarter 2006 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The third quarter 2006 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.192. The third quarter 2006 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.566. The th...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Saginaw Bay Southern Railway Co.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airport noise compatibility program:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Lee County Port Authority under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Airworthiness standards:

Title Type Published
This notice proposes special conditions for the Cessna Aircraft Company, Model 510 airplane. This new airplane will have novel and unusual design features not typically associated with normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes. Thes...
Proposed Rule Jun 23, 2006

Aviation proceedings:

Title Type Published
Agreements filed; weekly receipts
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Exemption petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
Alton Southern Railway Co.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Highway planning and construction; licenses, permits, approvals, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA, USACE, and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the Intercounty Connector, I-270 to US 1 in Montgomery and...
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of FTCA Special Committee 202: Portable Electronic Devices.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 23, 2006
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 23, 2006
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 23, 2006
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 23, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Jun 23, 2006

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