October 11, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register October 11, 2012

View all documents issued on October 11, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

113 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 11, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

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The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring a public meeting on October 23, 2012. The objecti...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

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Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission

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Annual Meeting
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Notice Oct 11, 2012

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

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On April 6, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand.\1\ This review covers the respondent...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments:

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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As of January 1, 2013, all vessels participating in Atlantic HMS fisheries that are subject to VMS requirements, including vessels with pelagic longline gear on board, vessels with bottom longline gear on board in the vicinity of the mid-Atlantic clo...
Rule Oct 11, 2012

Calls for Applications:

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In this notice, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announces that it will accept applications for the International Buyer Program (IBP) for calendar year 2014 (January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014). The announcement also sets out the objectiv...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Changes and Examination Guidelines to Implement First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of Leahy-Smith America Invents Act:

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of proposed rulemaking and a notice of proposed examination guidelines to implement the first-inventor-to-file (FITF) provisions the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The U...
Proposed Rule Oct 11, 2012

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

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain lined paper products from India. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010, and the review c...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Export Trade Certificates of Review:

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On September 27, 2012, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to the Alaska Longline Cod Commission ("ALCC"). This is the third amendment to the Certificate. This notice summarizes the conduct for which c...
Notice Oct 11, 2012
The Office of Competition and Economic Analysis ("OCEA") of the International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review ("Certificate"). This notice summarizes the propose...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

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NOAA Fisheries announces 7 inseason actions in the ocean salmon fisheries. These inseason actions modified the commercial and recreational fisheries in the area from the U.S./Canada Border to Cape Falcon, Oregon.
Rule Oct 11, 2012

Meetings:

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Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, [Responsible Party: Lisa Ballance, Ph.D.] has been issued a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta carett...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for domestic and foreign licensing by the Department of the Navy. The following patents are available for licensing...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Danger Zones:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is amending an existing permanent danger zone in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Wallops Island and Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Ce...
Rule Oct 11, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy (DoN) announces its intent to expand the sc...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Restricted Areas:

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The Corps of Engineers is amending an existing restricted area to include the waters of Felgates Creek and Indian Field Creek along the York River in Yorktown, Virginia. Naval Weapons Station Yorktown requested the Corps of Engineers modify the exist...
Rule Oct 11, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Commission is revising its regulations pursuant to section 220 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as enacted by section 1281 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), to facilitate price transparency in markets for the sale and transmission of...
Rule Oct 11, 2012

Meetings:

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The annual public meeting of the Federal Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling (ISCMEM) will convene to discuss the latest developments in environmental modeling applications, tools and frameworks as well as new operatio...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Partial Approvals and Partial Disapprovals of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is taking final action to partially approve and partially disapprove revisions to the State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina submitted on September 23, 2009, October 6, 2009, and September 18, 2009, respect...
Rule Oct 11, 2012

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

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Notice of 25 day comment period regarding an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial guarantee in excess of $100 million.
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Notice of 25 day comment period regarding an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial guarantee in excess of $100 million.
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Notice of 25 day comment period regarding an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial guarantee in excess of $100 million.
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Terminations of Receiverships:

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses:

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Granting of Early Termination of Waiting Period under Premerger Notification Rules
Notice Oct 11, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") adopts revised Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims ("Green Guides" or "Guides"). This document summarizes the Commission's revisions to the Guides and includes the final Guides.
Rule Oct 11, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Delegations of Authority
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Performance Review Board Members
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Notice Oct 11, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Courses:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Oct 11, 2012
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Oct 11, 2012
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Oct 11, 2012
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Notice.
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Subcommittee on Procedures Review, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Single-Source Grant Awards:

Title Type Published
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans (ANA) announces the award of a cooperative agreement in the amount of $250,000 to the Native American Fatherhood and Families Association (NAFFA) in Mesa, AZ to c...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 a revision of a currently approved infor...
Notice Oct 11, 2012
60-Day Notice.
Notice Oct 11, 2012
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Alabama (FEMA-4082-DR), dated September 21, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Oct 11, 2012
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-4080-DR), dated August 29, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Oct 11, 2012
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New Mexico (FEMA-4079-DR), dated August 24, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The meeting of the Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy (Board) scheduled for Friday, October 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, and Saturday, October 6, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST is cancelled. Notice of this meeting was published i...
Notice Oct 11, 2012
The Coast Guard announces a public meeting to receive comments on the development of a Facility Security Officer training program, with the primary focus on developing the curriculum for such a program. Section 821 of the Coast Guard Authorization Ac...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

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 Oct 11, 2012
On September 17, 2012, at 77 FR 57103, HUD published Housing Counseling Program and reference to the NOFA charts were excluded. Nonprofit Housing Counseling organizations submit information to HUD through Grants.gov when applying for grant funds to p...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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National Register of Historic Places; Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Oct 11, 2012
National Register of Historic Places; Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Oct 11, 2012
Indian Affairs will conduct two informational sessions and four leader-to-leader sessions with Indian tribes to obtain oral and written comments concerning preparation of the 2013 American Indian Population and Labor Force Report.
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly as an endangered species, and to list the streaked horned lark as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We additiona...
Proposed Rule Oct 11, 2012
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list Chromolaena frustrata (Cape Sable thoroughwort), Consolea corallicola (Florida semaphore cactus), and Harrisia aboriginum (aboriginal prickly-apple) as an endangered species under the Endangered...
Proposed Rule Oct 11, 2012

Intents to Repatriate Cultural Items:

Inventory Completions:

Title Type Published
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and a present-day...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Liquor Ordinance to Allow for On-Sale Liquor Transactions:

Title Type Published
This notice publishes the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community--Liquor Ordinance to Allow for On-Sale Liquor Transactions (Ordinance). The Ordinance regulates and controls the sale, consumption and possession of liquor within the Shakopee Mdewakanton...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council (Council) was established by the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-320) (Act) to receive reports and advise Federal agencies on implementing the Act. In accordance...
Notice Oct 11, 2012
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Pecos District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of the forthcoming public meeting of the Task Force on Research on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women (hereinafter "the Task Force").
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) sponsored information collection request (ICR) proposal titled, "Agreement Approval Process for Use of Functional Affirmative Action Programs," to...
Notice Oct 11, 2012
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, "Data Sharing Agreement Program," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval fo...
Notice Oct 11, 2012
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "National Medical Support Notice-- Part B," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for revie...
Notice Oct 11, 2012
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) proposal titled, "Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation Follo...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Workforce Investment Act:

Title Type Published
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 an announcement of the 2012 LLSIL (Vol. 77, No. 60, page 18865, see http://www.gpo.gov/ fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-28/pdf/2012-7377.pdf). The an...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering
Notice Oct 11, 2012

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
The NTSB conducted a comprehensive review of previously published notices describing the systems of records it maintains pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974. The NTSB is revising and republishing all its systems of records (systems) notices as a resu...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Facility Operating Licenses:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on USAPWR
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
OPM has amended an existing system of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of system...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BOX Options Exchange LLC
Notice Oct 11, 2012
EDGA Exchange, Inc
Notice Oct 11, 2012
EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 11, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Oct 11, 2012
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Oct 11, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 11, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 11, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is an amendment of the Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of California dated 09/14/2012. Incident: Brawley Earthquakes. Incident Period: 08/26/2012 through 09/09/2012. Effective Date: 10/03/2012. Physical Loan Application De...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the information collection request described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we are requesting comments on this collection f...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

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State Justice Institute

Title Type Published
This Guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements attendant to Fiscal Year 2013 State Justice Institute grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.
Notice Oct 11, 2012

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Trade Policy Staff Committee; Request for Comments:

Title Type Published
The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is seeking comments from the public on whether Cura[ccedil]ao, Sint Maarten, and the Turks and Caicos Islands should be designated as eligible to receive benefits under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Proceedings:

Title Type Published
The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is providing notice that on September 18, 2012, the United States requested the establishment of a dispute settlement panel under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organ...
Notice Oct 11, 2012
The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is providing notice that on September 17, 2012, the People's Republic of China ("China") requested consultations with the United States under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FAA is correcting a final rule; technical amendment published on December 16, 2011 (76 FR 78141). This final rule; technical amendment was originally published to correct a final rule published on August 21, 2009 (74 FR 42500). In that original f...
Rule Oct 11, 2012
This Notice implements Title II of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act of 2002). It is the annual obligation for Federal agencies to notify all employees, former employees, and applicants...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all The Boeing Company Model 727 airplanes. The existing AD currently requires repetitive inspections of the in-tank fuel boost pump wiring to detect chafing of the wire...
Proposed Rule Oct 11, 2012

Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highways:

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA 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, Willow Road (FAP 305) between Illinois Route 43 (Waukegan Road) and...
Notice Oct 11, 2012
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to various proposed highway projects in Tarrant, Dallas and Denton Counties, Texas. Those actions...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
PHMSA and the National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives (NAPSR) are sponsoring this public meeting to discuss how pipeline data is currently used by stakeholders and identify potential improvements in pipeline safety performance measure...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Pipeline Safety Advisory Bulletins:

Title Type Published
PHMSA is issuing this Advisory Bulletin to remind operators of gas, hazardous liquid, and liquefied natural gas pipeline facilities that operators should immediately and directly notify the Public Safety Access Point (PSAP) that serves the communitie...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

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 Oct 11, 2012
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 Oct 11, 2012
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 Oct 11, 2012
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 Oct 11, 2012
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 Oct 11, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This Notice sets forth the proposed topics to be discussed for a meeting of the Department of the Treasury's Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI). The meeting is open to the public and the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities...
Notice Oct 11, 2012

Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds; Change in Business Address:

Title Type Published
This is Supplement No. 1 to the Treasury Department Circular 570, 2012 Revision, published July 2, 2012, at 77 FR 39322.
Notice Oct 11, 2012

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