April 16, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register April 16, 2012

View all documents issued on April 16, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

105 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 16, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
We are amending the regulations governing the importation of clementines from Spain by removing from the regulations the number of clementines per consignment intended for export to the United States that are required to be sampled by inspectors of t...
Rule Apr 16, 2012
We are proposing to amend the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh bananas from the Philippines into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the bananas would have to be pro...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012
We are amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of fresh pitaya fruit from Central America into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the pitaya fruit must be produced in accordance with a systems appr...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Common Crop Insurance Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Fresh Market Tomato (Dollar Plan) Crop Provisions. The intended effect of this action is to provide policy changes and clarify existing policy provisions t...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Pest Risk Analyses:

Title Type Published
We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of fresh strawberry fruit from Egypt. Based on that analysis, we believe that the applic...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Arkansas Advisory Committee
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

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 Apr 16, 2012

Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

Applications for Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 155; Calhoun and Victoria Counties, TX
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Saint Louis Zoo, 1 Government Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110, has applied in due form for a permit to import four harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) for the purposes of public display.
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Countervailing Duty Investigations; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

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On March 27, 2012, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published the notice Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 77 FR 18211 (March 27, 2012) ("Initiation Notice"). In...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Initiations and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(b), Ford Motor Company (Ford) filed a request for a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on non-malleable cast iron pipe...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC" or "Commission") requests comments on a proposed collection of information regarding a form that will be used to measure child c...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
On February 28, 2012 (77 FR 12039), the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education gave notice of a meeting to be held Friday, April 20, 2012, in Vicenza, Italy, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Central European Summer Time (CEST); and in Arlington, Virginia (...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
This application package will be used by applicants to the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program, which provides opportunities for U.S. educators to participate in short-term study seminars abroad in the social sciences, social studies and humanitie...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Apr 16, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Continued Project Operation Authorizations:

Title Type Published
Central Vermont Public Service Corp.
Notice Apr 16, 2012
Madison Paper Industries, FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC, Merimil Limited Partnership
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing this correction to its regulations pertaining to the energy conservation standards for certain external power supplies to re-insert a table that had been inadvertently deleted by a technical amendment publ...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Western Area Power Administration (Western), an agency of the Department of Energy (DOE), intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed interconnection of the Grande Prairie Wind Farm (Project) in Holt County, near th...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Fede...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Rate Approval Petitions:

Title Type Published
NorthWestern Corp.
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a req...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

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EPA is proposing to approve in part, and conditionally approve in part, the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission, submitted by the State of Tennessee, through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), to demonstrate that...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan Revisions:

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EPA is proposing to approve and conditionally approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission from the State of North Dakota to demonstrate that the SIP meets the requirements of section 110(a)(1) and (2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the Nat...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is approving a revision to the Illinois State Implementation plan (SIP) submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) on November 14, 2011. This SIP revision consists of amendments to the Illinois Administrative Code (I...
Rule Apr 16, 2012
EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Illinois State Implementation plan (SIP) submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency on November 14, 2011. This SIP revision consists of amendments to the Illinois Administrative Code by add...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012
EPA is reopening the public comment period for a proposal published in the Federal Register on February 28, 2012. In that action EPA proposed to approve a revision to the New Hampshire State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the New Hampshire De...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of State Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is approving revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) relating to regulation of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) under Missouri's Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program, and to other portions of Missouri's New Source Review...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Proposed Administrative Cashout Agreements:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA concerning the Tecumseh Heus Superfund Site ("Site") in Calumet County, Wisconsin. Subject to review and comment by the public pursuant to this notice. The settlement resolve...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required...
Notice Apr 16, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Washington has scheduled elections on August 7, 2012, and November 6, 2012, to fill the U.S. House seat in the 1st Congressional District vacated by Representative Jay Inslee. Committees required to file reports in connection with the Special Primary...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Orders to Show Cause:

Title Type Published
Trans World Logistics Corp.; Possible Revocation of Ocean Transportation Intermediary License No. 021899
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of March 13, 2012
Notice Apr 16, 2012
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and a...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), re...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes changing the regulation governing six bridges across Bayou Lafourche, south of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW). Currently, these bridges remain closed to navigation at various times on weekdays during the school year. T...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012
The Coast Guard is temporarily changing the drawbridge operating regulations governing the operation of the Atlantic Beach Bridge, mile 0.4, across Reynolds Channel at Lawrence, New York. The owner of the bridge has requested a temporary change to th...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations:

Title Type Published
On December 6, 2007, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This document provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published December 6, 2007. The table provided in t...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes establishing a safety zone on the navigable waters of the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean City, MD. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during the 2012 Ocean City Air Show. This action is in...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012
The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of the Hudson River in the vicinity of Rhinecliff, NY for a fireworks display. This temporary safety zone is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the ha...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012
The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone extending out approximately 3,000 feet from the South shores of Lake Pontchartrain adjacent to the East bank of the Lakefront Airport runways. This safety zone is necessary to protect persons and vessels...
Rule Apr 16, 2012
The Coast Guard proposes to establish seven temporary safety zones for swim events within the Captain of the Port (COTP) New York Zone. These proposed zones will be established on the navigable waters of the Hudson River, East River, Upper New York B...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012

Special Anchorage Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is expanding the boundaries of the special anchorage areas in Newport Bay Harbor, California, to encompass and replace temporary anchorage grounds C-1 and C-2, and anchorage ground C-3. This rule realigns anchorage boundaries to refle...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Allocations, Common Applications, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements:

Title Type Published
This Notice advises the public of the allocation of CDBG disaster recovery funds for the purpose of assisting recovery in the most impacted and distressed areas declared a major disaster in 2011 under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relie...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Final 20122015 Environmental Justice Strategy:

Title Type Published
On September 30, 2011, HUD posted its draft environmental justice strategy and requested public comment. This notice summarizes public comments submitted in response to HUD's draft environmental justice strategy, offers response to comments, and anno...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve surveys of visitors to the Headwaters Forest Reserve (Reserve) and the King Range National Conservation Area (KRNCA) in California. In...
Notice Apr 16, 2012
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), BSEE is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) conc...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Competitive Coal Lease Sales:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that certain coal resources in the South Porcupine Coal Tract described below in Campbell County, Wyoming, will be reoffered for competitive lease by sealed bid in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 19...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Endangered Species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mamma...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following application to conduct certain activities with endangered species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and th...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Egan Field Office, Ely, Nevada intends to prepare an...
Notice Apr 16, 2012
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Egan Field Office, Ely, Nevada intends to prepare an...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Filing of Plats of Survey:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, on May 16, 2012.
Notice Apr 16, 2012
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, on May 16, 2012.
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, Section 10) of a meeting of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission.
Notice Apr 16, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Terminations of Investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 43) granting a joint motion by Complainant and Respondent to ter...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Lodging of Consent Decrees Under Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This document extends the period for filing written comments until April 30, 2012 on the proposed revisions to certain regulations of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). On February 15, 2012, the Department published a Notice of Proposed...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012

Requests for Certifications of Compliance:

Title Type Published
The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this notice to announce the receipt of a "Certification of Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information Report" (Form 4279-2) for the following: Applicant/Location: Patriot Porcelain, LLC. P...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that five meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pen...
Notice Apr 16, 2012
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities will hold a meeting of the Arts and Artifacts International Indemnity Panel. The purpose of t...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
Notice Apr 16, 2012
Proposal Review Panel for Chemistry
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's administrative review regulation to make it applicable to assessments of penalties for failure to timely provide certain notices or other material information. Under the rule, such ass...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Apr 16, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d) and 22(e) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act, and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and (2) of the Act, and under section 12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act.
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Order of Suspension of Trading:

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Funding Availability:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) requests that eligible organizations submit applications to become Intermediary Lending Pilot (ILP) Intermediaries. SBA will select up to 20 applicants to participate in the ILP program and receive direct...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

S
Special Counsel Office

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), and implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), plans to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction logo Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) gives notice of the establishment of three Privacy Act systems of records.
Notice Apr 16, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:

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 Apr 16, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance utilizing emergency review procedures in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) information collection requests re...
Notice Apr 16, 2012
In this NPRM, we (NHTSA) propose to revise the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for accelerator control systems (ACS) in two ways. First, we propose to amend the Standard to address more fully the failure modes of electronic throttle control (ET...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012

Establishment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes:

Title Type Published
This action establishes nine new RNAV routes originating within Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center's (ARTCC) airspace. The routes extend generally east-west providing connection between the Seattle, WA terminal area and destinations east and so...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Hazardous Materials:

Title Type Published
PHMSA is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations to require closures of inner packagings containing liquids within a combination packaging intended for transportation by aircraft to be secured by a secondary means or, where a secondary closure c...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Requests for Administrative Waiver of Coastwise Trade Laws:

Title Type Published
As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures:

Title Type Published
This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of t...
Rule Apr 16, 2012
This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of t...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed regulations under section 312 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The proposed regulations clarify the regulations under section 312 regarding the allocation of earnings and profits in tax-free transfers from one corp...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012
This document contains proposed amendments to regulations under section 337(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulations provide guidance concerning certain transfers of property from a C corporation to a Regulated Investment Company (RI...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 2012
This document contains a correction to final regulations (TD 9562) that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 9, 2011 (76 FR 76895) providing guidance on conduit financing arrangements. The final regulations apply to multiple-par...
Rule Apr 16, 2012
This document contains final regulations concerning the deferral of losses on the sale or exchange of property between members of a controlled group and provides guidance as to the time for taking into account those losses. These regulations affect c...
Rule Apr 16, 2012
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is revising its regulations to require the disclosure of the presence of cochineal extract and carmine on the labels of any alcohol beverage product containing one or both of these color additives. This ru...
Rule Apr 16, 2012
This document contains final regulations under Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 642(c) with regard to the Federal tax consequences of an ordering provision in a trust, a will, or a provision of local law that attempts to determine the tax charact...
Rule Apr 16, 2012

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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission. Name: Dennis Shea, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate,...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e), notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending the system of records currently entitled "Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Outcomes--Repository (SCIDO-R)-VA" (1...
Notice Apr 16, 2012

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