November 8, 2019 (Volume 84)

Federal Register November 8, 2019

View all documents issued on November 8, 2019. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

102 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on November 8, 2019

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal poultry products inspection regulations to add the People's Republic of China (PRC) as eligible to export to the United States poultry products from birds slaughtered in the PRC. F...
Rule Nov 08, 2019
The U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA" or "Department"), with the concurrence of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing this proposed rule for attorneys of USDA's Office of the General Counsel (OGC). This proposed rule further sup...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019

Deauthorization of Federal Funding:

Title Type Published
NRCS gives notice of the deauthorization of Federal funding for the Watkins Branch Watershed project in Buchanan County, Virginia.
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Idaho Falls District, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS) Caribou-Targhee National Forest (CTNF), have...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Meetings:

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The Flathead Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Kalispell, Montana. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee A...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Yavapai Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Prescott, Arizona. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Indiana Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold community forum on Sa...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that POSCO received countervailable subsidies that are above de minimis and that Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Steel) received countervailable subsidies that are de minimis. The period...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise below normal value. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary re...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of uncoated paper from Indonesia during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

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The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sodium sulfate anhydrous (sodium sulfate) from Canada is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is Jan...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

Title Type Published
NMFS reduces the commercial trip limit for vermilion snapper in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic to 500 lb (227 kg), gutted weight, 555 lb (252 kg), round weight. This trip limit reduction is necessary to protect the So...
Rule Nov 08, 2019

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for a meeting of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC). This notice amends a previous notice published in the Federal Register on October 28, 2019. This amended notice cites the sp...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public webinar meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Adviso...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
Participants in the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council's) 2019 groundfish stock assessment process will hold a meeting via webinar to review and evaluate the 2019 stock assessment review (STAR) process. The goal of the webinar is t...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

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 delete services from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Nov 08, 2019
This action deletes services from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Nov 08, 2019
In accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) plans to prepare a Feasibility Study with an integrated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate environmental impacts from reasonable project al...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of Public Quarterly Conference Call for EAC Board of Advisors.
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Nov 08, 2019
Combined Filings
Notice Nov 08, 2019

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE), Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), invites public comment on a collection of information that BPA is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Filing:

Title Type Published
City of Vernon, California
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Request for Information:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002160 regarding the DOE Building Technologies Office (BTO) Lighting Research and Development (R&D) Program. The purpose of this RFI is to...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 45- day public comment period associated with release of the Systematic Review Protocol for the perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), pe...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA" or "the Act"), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ("NCP") include a list of national priorities among the...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA" or "the Act"), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ("NCP") include a list of national priorities am...
Rule Nov 08, 2019

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Weekly Receipt
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Procedures for Review of CBI Claims for the Identity of Chemicals on the TSCA Inventory:

Title Type Published
In response to a recent federal circuit court decision, EPA is proposing revisions to existing and proposed substantiation requirements for certain confidential business information (CBI) claims made under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Spe...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting nominations for membership on the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC). The purpose of the FRRCC is to provide policy advice, information, and recommendations to the EPA A...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
Notice Nov 08, 2019
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Nov 08, 2019
Delegation of Authority
Notice Nov 08, 2019
HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees from the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.
Notice Nov 08, 2019
HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees from the West Valley Demonstration Project in West Valley, New York, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Pro...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking public comments on a DRAFT NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental DRAFT guidance. The purpose of this DRAFT Policy and supplemental DRAFT guidance is to promote effective and eff...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Medicare and Medicaid Programs:

Title Type Published
This final rule with comment period updates the home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) payment rates and wage index for CY 2020; implements the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), a revised case-mix adjustment methodology, for home health...
Rule Nov 08, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
Eligible citizens, nationals, and passport holders from designated Visa Waiver Program countries may apply for admission to the United States at U.S. ports of entry as nonimmigrant aliens for a period of ninety days or less for business or pleasure w...
Rule Nov 08, 2019
This final rule amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to require petitioners seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions to pay a $10 fee for each registration they submit to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the...
Rule Nov 08, 2019

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 to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accor...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Safety Zone:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of San Francisco Bay offshore of San Francisco, CA in support of the Coast Guard PSU-312 training exercise. This safety zone is necessary to protect personnel, vessels, a...
Rule Nov 08, 2019
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for all navigable waters of the Ohio River from Mile 103.0 to Mile 105.0. This action is necessary to protect persons, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards associated with...
Rule Nov 08, 2019

Special Local Regulation:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce the San Diego Parade of Lights special local regulations on the waters of San Diego Bay, California on December 8, 2019 and December 15, 2019. These special local regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of the...
Rule Nov 08, 2019

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comments from a...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
HUD has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. HUD has revised the Moving to Work Amendment to the Consolidated Annual...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
HUD has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The public housing program provides Operating Funds and Capital Funds t...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment fr...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Application:

Title Type Published
On May 9, 2019, the State of Utah and Washington County (Applicants) filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest (RDI) from the United States in a public highway right-of-way identified by BLM...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on petitions to list the California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amende...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received an application for a permit to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State,...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items:

Title Type Published
The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha District), in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Inventory Completion:

Title Type Published
The Arkansas Archeological Survey has corrected an inventory of human remains published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on February 24, 2017. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals. Lineal descendants or re...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Arkansas Archeological Survey has corrected an inventory of human remains published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on February 24, 2017. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals. Lineal descendants or re...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Arkansas Archeological Survey has corrected an inventory of human remains published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on December 22, 2014. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals. Lineal descendants or re...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Department of Anthropology at San Jose State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that ther...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology (formerly the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology) has corrected an inventory of associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on September 22, 20...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The South Dakota State Historical Society, Archaeological Research Center has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determ...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed an inventory of human remains in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains a...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on February 8, 2019. This notice corrects...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha District) have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Ind...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Land Acquisitions:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire 13.3 acres, more or less, of land in trust for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California, for gaming and other p...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC) Planning Sub...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on October 7, 2019, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH of the Republic of Germany and Erbe USA,...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
Notice is hereby given that the Commission has determined to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") final initial determination ("ID" or "final ID") finding a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, with res...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
On April 1, 2019, the Department of Justice published in the Federal Register a final rule making technical changes to remove expired, obsolete, or unnecessary regulations; correct specific headings; and reflect changes to nomenclature in the Bureau...
Rule Nov 08, 2019

Changes under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act:

Schedules of Controlled Substances:

Title Type Published
Placement of Solriamfetol in Schedule IV
Rule Nov 08, 2019

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

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

Title Type Published
OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the information collection requirement specified in the Standard on Dipping and Coating Operations (Dip Tanks).
Notice Nov 08, 2019
OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard.
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The Copyright Royalty Judges are publishing for comment proposed regulations governing the rates and terms for the digital performances of sound recordings by new subscription services and for the making of ephemeral recordings necessary to facilitat...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will submit the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the da...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

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

Title Type Published
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), as part of a continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following extension of a currently approved collection,...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Proposal Review
Notice Nov 08, 2019
Proposal Review Panel for Computing and Communication Foundations
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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

Title Type Published
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request RI 76-10, Assignment, Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (F...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Nov 08, 2019
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
In response to President Trump's government-wide regulatory reform initiative, the Small Business Administration (SBA) initiated a review of its regulations to determine which might be revised or eliminated. As a result, SBA is proposing to merge the...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all intereste...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) seeks information on whether and how particular cost-benefit analysis approaches might be more formally integrated into its rulemaking process.
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Acquisition and Operation:

Title Type Published
The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is accepting for consideration the application filed on October 11, 2019, by Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company (B&LE or Applicant).\1\ The application seeks Board approval for B&LE, an indirect wholly ow...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Acquisition of Control:

Title Type Published
On October 9, 2019, Transportation Demand Management Holdings, LLC (Holdings), a noncarrier, filed an application for Holdings to acquire control of Badger Bus Transportation Group, Inc. (Badger Group), a noncarrier that controls, among other entitie...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is...
Rule Nov 08, 2019

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Airbus Helicopters Model AS332C, AS332C1, AS332L, and AS332L1 helicopters. This proposed AD would require inspecting the attachment screws of each main gearbox (MGB) suspension bar rear...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) Model G-IV and Model GIV-X airplanes. This AD was prompted by a revision to the airworthiness limitations section (ALS) of the aircraft m...
Rule Nov 08, 2019
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-22-02 for certain Ipeco Holdings Limited (Ipeco) pilot and co-pilot seats. AD 2017-22-02 required modification and re-identification of the affected seats. This AD continues to require modifica...
Rule Nov 08, 2019
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747-400, 747-400D, 747-400F, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes. This proposed AD...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice of intent to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Charleston County, South Carolina.
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Request to Release Airport Property:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to rule and invites public comment for the release of approximately 297 acres of airport land, otherwise known as Parcel H, at Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, Pima County, Arizona from th...
Notice Nov 08, 2019

Revocation of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to remove Class E airspace at Grundy, VA, as Grundy Municipal Airport has been abandoned, and controlled airspace is no longer required. This action would enhance the safety and management of controlled airspace within the nation...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication...
Notice Nov 08, 2019
This document sets forth proposed regulations providing guidance relating to the life expectancy and distribution period tables that are used to calculate required minimum distributions from qualified retirement plans, individual retirement accounts...
Proposed Rule Nov 08, 2019

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