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1. Purchase and installation of VMS
units, OMB control number 0648–0529
(1 hr per response);
2. Verification of VMS units, OMB
control number 0648–0529 (5 min per
response);
3. Notification and application for
appropriate general category permit
designation, OMB control number
0648–0529 (30 min per response);
4. VMS power-down notification,
OMB control number 0648–0529 (2 min
per response); and
5. VMS re-power and trip notification,
OMB control number 0648–0529 (2 min
per response).
These estimates include the time for
reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection
information.
Public comment is sought regarding:
Whether this collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Send comments on these or any other
aspects of the collection of information
to NMFS and to OMB (see ADDRESSES).
Notwithstanding any other provision
of the law, no person is required to
respond to, and no person shall be
subject to penalty for failure to comply
with, a collection of information subject
to the requirements of the PRA, unless
that collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 648
Fisheries, Fishing, Recordkeeping and
reporting requirements.
Dated: October 18, 2005.
James W. Balsiger,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, 50 CFR part 648 is amended
as follows:
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PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
1. The authority citation for part 648
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
2. In § 648.4, paragraphs (a)(2)(ii)(B)
through (E) are revised to read as
follows:
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§ 648.4
Vessel permits.
(a) * * *
(2) * * *
(ii) * * *
(B) VMS general scallop permit. To
possess or land more than 40 lb (18.14
kg) of shucked meats or 5 bu (176.2 L)
of in-shell scallops, but no more than
400 lb (181.44 kg) of shucked meats, or
50 bu (17.62 hL) of in-shell scallops, a
vessel must apply for and be issued a
VMS general scallop permit. Issuance of
a VMS general scallop permit requires
the vessel owner to submit a copy of the
vendor’s installation receipt or provide
verification of vendor activation from a
NMFS-approved VMS vendor as
described in § 648.9.
(C) Vessels without general scallop
permits. No scallop permit is required
for a vessel that possesses or lands up
to 40 lb (18.14 kg) of shucked meats or
5 bu (176.2 L) of in-shell scallops per
trip, provided such scallops are not, or
are not intended to be, sold, traded or
bartered.
(D) General scallop permit category
designation. The owner of a vessel
issued a general scallop permit for the
2005 fishing year is required to
complete and submit an application to
the Regional Administrator for the
permit specified in paragraph
(a)(2)(ii)(B) of this section. There is a 30day processing period for vessel permit
applications, thus, to ensure that
permits are issued by the effective date
of these requirements, such applications
should be submitted by November 1,
2005. Vessels shall be issued the
appropriate permit category by
December 1, 2005, based on the
application submitted by the vessel
owner. Initial general scallop permit
category designations are effective
December 1, 2005. A vessel owner who
fails to submit either a copy of the
vendor’s installation receipt from a
NMFS-approved VMS vendor as
described in 648.9 or provide proof of
vendor activation of the VMS unit by
December 1, 2005, shall automatically
be issued the non-VMS general scallop
permit. If no application is received by
December 1, 2005, for vessels previously
issued a general scallop permit for the
2005 fishing year, such vessels shall be
reissued non-VMS general scallop
permits. Vessel owners may request a
change in permit category for their
general category vessel no later than
January 15, 2006. Requests to change
categories must include a complete
application as described above.
(E) General scallop permit
restrictions. A vessel may be issued a
general scallop permit in only one
category during a fishing year. The
owners of a vessel issued a general
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scallop permit must elect a permit
category upon the vessel’s permit
application and shall have one
opportunity to request a change in its
permit category by submitting an
application to the Regional
Administrator within 45 days of the
effective date of the vessel’s permit.
After that date, the vessel must remain
in that permit category for the duration
of the fishing year.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 050819225–5257; I.D.080505A]
RIN 0648–AS59
Fisheries off West Coast States and in
the Western Pacific; Coastal Pelagic
Species Fisheries; Annual
Specifications
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS issues a final rule to
implement the annual harvest guideline
for Pacific mackerel in the U.S.
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the
Pacific coast. The Coastal Pelagic
Species (CPS) Fishery Management Plan
(FMP) and its implementing regulations
require NMFS to set an annual harvest
guideline for Pacific mackerel based on
the formula in the FMP. This action
adopts allowable harvest levels for
Pacific mackerel off the U.S. Pacific
coast.
Effective November 21, 2005.
The report Assessment of
the Pacific Mackerel (Scomber
japonicus) Stock for U.S. Management
in the 2005–2006 Season may be
obtained from Rodney R. McInnis,
Regional Administrator, Southwest
Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA
90802. A regulatory impact review/
regulatory analysis may be obtained at
this same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tonya L. Wick, Southwest Region,
NMFS, (562) 980–4036.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CPS
FMP, which was implemented by a final
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
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rule published in the Federal Register
on December 15, 1999 (64 FR 69888),
divides management unit species into
the categories of actively managed and
monitored. Harvest guidelines of
actively managed species (Pacific
sardine and Pacific mackerel) are based
on formulas applied to current biomass
estimates. Biomass estimates are not
calculated for species that are only
monitored (jack mackerel, northern
anchovy, and market squid).
At a public meeting each year, the
biomass for each actively managed
species is reviewed by the Pacific
Fishery Management Council’s
(Council) CPS Management Team
(Team). The biomass, harvest guideline,
and status of the fisheries are then
reviewed at a public meeting of the
Council’s CPS Advisory Subpanel
(Subpanel). This information is also
reviewed by the Council’s Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC). The
Council reviews reports from the Team,
Subpanel, and SSC, then, after
providing time for public comment,
makes its recommendation to NMFS.
The annual harvest guideline and
season structure is published by NMFS
in the Federal Register as soon as
practicable. The Pacific mackerel season
begins on July 1 of each year and ends
on June 30 of the following year.
The Team meeting took place at the
office of the NMFS, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, in La Jolla, CA, on May
18, 2005. The Subpanel and SSC
meetings took place in conjunction with
the June 13–18, 2005, Council meeting
in Foster City, CA.
The size of the Pacific mackerel
population was estimated using a newly
modified version of the integrated stock
assessment model called Age-structured
Assessment Program (ASAP). Use of this
new ASAP model was recommended by
the Coastal Pelagic Species Stock
Assessment Review panel meeting held
on June 16, 2004, in La Jolla, CA. This
new ASAP model replaces the old
modified virtual population analysis
stock assessment model used in
previous years known as the ADEPT
model. The ADEPT model, used for
Pacific mackerel assessment from 1994
to 2004, was a more traditional ’Virtual
Population Analysis’ (VPA) model. The
ASAP model is a more modern
approach to population analysis termed
’statistical catch-at-age’. Moreover, the
ASAP model is written in the powerful
and highly flexible Auto-Differentiation
Model Builder (ADMB) language (as
opposed to Fortran),so it is amenable to
modification as needed. ASAP is
implemented through the NMFS
Toolbox (NFT), and has received
internal agency review (NFT Steering
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Committee) and external review by the
CPS Stock Assessment
Review(STAR)Panel in 2004. ASAP is a
flexible forward-simulation that allows
for the efficient and reliable estimation
of a large number of parameters. ASAP
uses parameters such as fishery
dependent (commercial and recreational
landings) and fishery independent (e.g.,
aerial spotter survey index, commercial
passenger fishing vessel logbook catch
per unit effort, and California
Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries
Investigations surveys) data to obtain
annual estimates of Pacific mackerel
abundance, year-class strength, and agespecific fishing mortality for 1983
through 2004. The biomass was
calculated through the end of 2004, then
estimated for the fishing season that
begins July 1, 2005, based on (1) the
number of Pacific mackerel estimated to
comprise each year class at the
beginning of 2005, (2) modeled
estimates of fishing mortality during
2004, (3) assumptions for natural and
fishing mortality through the first half of
2005, and (4) estimates of age-specific
growth. Based on this approach, the
biomass for July 1, 2005, would be
101,147 metric tons (mt). Applying the
formula in the FMP results in a harvest
guideline of 17,419 mt, which is 32
percent greater than last year but similar
to low harvest guidelines of recent
years.
The formula in the FMP uses the
following factors to determine the
harvest guideline:
1. The biomass of Pacific mackerel.
For 2005, this estimate is 101,147 mt.
2. The cutoff. This is the biomass
level below which no commercial
fishery is allowed. The FMP established
the cutoff level at 18,200 mt. The cutoff
is subtracted from the biomass, leaving
82,947 mt.
3. The portion of the Pacific mackerel
biomass that is in U.S. waters. This
estimate is 70 percent, based on the
historical average of larval distribution
obtained from scientific cruises and the
distribution of the resource obtained
from logbooks of fish-spotters.
Therefore, the harvestable biomass in
U.S. waters is 70 percent of 82,947 mt,
that is, 58,063 mt.
4. The harvest fraction. This is the
percentage of the biomass above 18,200
mt that may be harvested. The FMP
established the harvest fraction at 30
percent. The harvest fraction is
multiplied by the harvestable biomass
in U.S. waters (58,063 mt), which
results in 17,419 mt.
Information on the fishery and the
stock assessment are found in the report
Assessment of the Pacific Mackerel
(Scomber japonicus) Stock for U.S.
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Management in the 2005–2006 Season,
which may be obtained by mail from
Rodney R. McInnis, Regional
Administrator (see ADDRESSES).
For the last 3 years, the fishing
industry has recommended dividing the
harvest guideline into a directed fishery
and an incidental fishery, reserving a
portion of the harvest guideline for
incidental harvest in the Pacific sardine
fishery so that the Pacific sardine
fishery is not hindered by a prohibition
on the harvest of Pacific mackerel. At its
meeting on June 15, 2005, the Subpanel
recommended for the 2005–2006 fishing
season that a directed fishery of 13,419
mt and an incidental fishery of 4,000 mt
be implemented. An incidental
allowance of 40 percent of Pacific
mackerel in landings of any CPS would
become effective if the 13,419 mt of the
directed fishery is harvested. The
Subpanel also recommended allowing
up to 1 mt of Pacific mackerel to be
landed during the incidental fishery
without the requirement to land any
other CPS. This provision provides
Pacific mackerel for small specialty
markets. The Subpanel recommended
that an inseason review of the Pacific
mackerel season be completed for the
March 2006 Council meeting, with the
possibility of reopening the directed
fishery if a sufficient amount of the
harvest guideline reserved for the
incidental fishery remains unharvested.
At that time, the NMFS Southwest
Regional Administrator will review the
fishery to assess whether there is a
sufficient unharvested portion of the
harvest guideline (i.e., anything in
excess of the amount needed to support
incidental harvest) to warrant a
reopening of the directed fishery. As of
June 7, 2005, approximately 4,808 mt of
Pacific mackerel had been landed;
therefore, an incidental fishery was not
necessary for the 2004–2005 fishing
season.
At its June 2005 meeting, the Council
made these recommendations to NMFS.
A proposed rule containing the
Council’s recommendations was
published August 29, 2005 (70 FR
51004). The public comment period
ended on September 13, 2005. No
public comments were received.
After a review of the available
information, NMFS approved the
Council’s recommendation and hereby
implements the following measures for
the July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006,
fishing season:
Based on the estimated biomass of
101,147 mt and the formula in the FMP,
a harvest guideline of 17,419 mt will be
in effect for the fishery which began on
July 1, 2005. This harvest guideline
applies to Pacific mackerel harvested in
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the U.S. EEZ off the Pacific coast from
12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2005, through
11:59 pm on June 30, 2006, unless the
harvest guideline is attained and the
fishery is closed before June 30, 2006.
All landings made after July 1, 2005,
will be counted toward the 2005–2006
harvest guideline of 17,419 mt. There
shall be a directed fishery of 13,419 mt,
followed by an incidental fishery of
4,000 mt. An incidental allowance of 40
percent of Pacific mackerel in landings
of any CPS will become effective after
the date when 13,419 mt of Pacific
mackerel is estimated to have been
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harvested. A landing of 1 mt of Pacific
mackerel per trip will be permitted
during the incidental fishery for trips in
which no other CPS is landed.
Classification
This final rule has been determined to
be not significant for purposes of
Executive Order 12866.
The Chief Counsel for Regulation of
the Department of Commerce certified
to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration that the
proposed rule for this action would not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
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The factual basis for the certification
was published in the proposed rule. No
comments were received regarding the
certification or the economic impacts of
this action. As a result, no regulatory
analysis is required and none was
prepared.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 17, 2005.
James W. Balsiger,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 050819225-5257; I.D.080505A]
RIN 0648-AS59
Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific;
Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: NMFS issues a final rule to implement the annual harvest
guideline for Pacific mackerel in the U.S. exclusive economic zone
(EEZ) off the Pacific coast. The Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) and its implementing regulations require NMFS to
set an annual harvest guideline for Pacific mackerel based on the
formula in the FMP. This action adopts allowable harvest levels for
Pacific mackerel off the U.S. Pacific coast.
DATES: Effective November 21, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The report Assessment of the Pacific Mackerel (Scomber
japonicus) Stock for U.S. Management in the 2005-2006 Season may be
obtained from Rodney R. McInnis, Regional Administrator, Southwest
Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA
90802. A regulatory impact review/regulatory analysis may be obtained
at this same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tonya L. Wick, Southwest Region, NMFS,
(562) 980-4036.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CPS FMP, which was implemented by a
final
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rule published in the Federal Register on December 15, 1999 (64 FR
69888), divides management unit species into the categories of actively
managed and monitored. Harvest guidelines of actively managed species
(Pacific sardine and Pacific mackerel) are based on formulas applied to
current biomass estimates. Biomass estimates are not calculated for
species that are only monitored (jack mackerel, northern anchovy, and
market squid).
At a public meeting each year, the biomass for each actively
managed species is reviewed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council's
(Council) CPS Management Team (Team). The biomass, harvest guideline,
and status of the fisheries are then reviewed at a public meeting of
the Council's CPS Advisory Subpanel (Subpanel). This information is
also reviewed by the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC). The Council reviews reports from the Team, Subpanel, and SSC,
then, after providing time for public comment, makes its recommendation
to NMFS. The annual harvest guideline and season structure is published
by NMFS in the Federal Register as soon as practicable. The Pacific
mackerel season begins on July 1 of each year and ends on June 30 of
the following year.
The Team meeting took place at the office of the NMFS, Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, in La Jolla, CA, on May 18, 2005. The
Subpanel and SSC meetings took place in conjunction with the June 13-
18, 2005, Council meeting in Foster City, CA.
The size of the Pacific mackerel population was estimated using a
newly modified version of the integrated stock assessment model called
Age-structured Assessment Program (ASAP). Use of this new ASAP model
was recommended by the Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review
panel meeting held on June 16, 2004, in La Jolla, CA. This new ASAP
model replaces the old modified virtual population analysis stock
assessment model used in previous years known as the ADEPT model. The
ADEPT model, used for Pacific mackerel assessment from 1994 to 2004,
was a more traditional 'Virtual Population Analysis' (VPA) model. The
ASAP model is a more modern approach to population analysis termed
'statistical catch-at-age'. Moreover, the ASAP model is written in the
powerful and highly flexible Auto-Differentiation Model Builder (ADMB)
language (as opposed to Fortran),so it is amenable to modification as
needed. ASAP is implemented through the NMFS Toolbox (NFT), and has
received internal agency review (NFT Steering Committee) and external
review by the CPS Stock Assessment Review(STAR)Panel in 2004. ASAP is a
flexible forward-simulation that allows for the efficient and reliable
estimation of a large number of parameters. ASAP uses parameters such
as fishery dependent (commercial and recreational landings) and fishery
independent (e.g., aerial spotter survey index, commercial passenger
fishing vessel logbook catch per unit effort, and California
Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations surveys) data to obtain
annual estimates of Pacific mackerel abundance, year-class strength,
and age-specific fishing mortality for 1983 through 2004. The biomass
was calculated through the end of 2004, then estimated for the fishing
season that begins July 1, 2005, based on (1) the number of Pacific
mackerel estimated to comprise each year class at the beginning of
2005, (2) modeled estimates of fishing mortality during 2004, (3)
assumptions for natural and fishing mortality through the first half of
2005, and (4) estimates of age-specific growth. Based on this approach,
the biomass for July 1, 2005, would be 101,147 metric tons (mt).
Applying the formula in the FMP results in a harvest guideline of
17,419 mt, which is 32 percent greater than last year but similar to
low harvest guidelines of recent years.
The formula in the FMP uses the following factors to determine the
harvest guideline:
1. The biomass of Pacific mackerel. For 2005, this estimate is
101,147 mt.
2. The cutoff. This is the biomass level below which no commercial
fishery is allowed. The FMP established the cutoff level at 18,200 mt.
The cutoff is subtracted from the biomass, leaving 82,947 mt.
3. The portion of the Pacific mackerel biomass that is in U.S.
waters. This estimate is 70 percent, based on the historical average of
larval distribution obtained from scientific cruises and the
distribution of the resource obtained from logbooks of fish-spotters.
Therefore, the harvestable biomass in U.S. waters is 70 percent of
82,947 mt, that is, 58,063 mt.
4. The harvest fraction. This is the percentage of the biomass
above 18,200 mt that may be harvested. The FMP established the harvest
fraction at 30 percent. The harvest fraction is multiplied by the
harvestable biomass in U.S. waters (58,063 mt), which results in 17,419
mt.
Information on the fishery and the stock assessment are found in
the report Assessment of the Pacific Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Stock
for U.S. Management in the 2005-2006 Season, which may be obtained by
mail from Rodney R. McInnis, Regional Administrator (see ADDRESSES).
For the last 3 years, the fishing industry has recommended dividing
the harvest guideline into a directed fishery and an incidental
fishery, reserving a portion of the harvest guideline for incidental
harvest in the Pacific sardine fishery so that the Pacific sardine
fishery is not hindered by a prohibition on the harvest of Pacific
mackerel. At its meeting on June 15, 2005, the Subpanel recommended for
the 2005-2006 fishing season that a directed fishery of 13,419 mt and
an incidental fishery of 4,000 mt be implemented. An incidental
allowance of 40 percent of Pacific mackerel in landings of any CPS
would become effective if the 13,419 mt of the directed fishery is
harvested. The Subpanel also recommended allowing up to 1 mt of Pacific
mackerel to be landed during the incidental fishery without the
requirement to land any other CPS. This provision provides Pacific
mackerel for small specialty markets. The Subpanel recommended that an
inseason review of the Pacific mackerel season be completed for the
March 2006 Council meeting, with the possibility of reopening the
directed fishery if a sufficient amount of the harvest guideline
reserved for the incidental fishery remains unharvested. At that time,
the NMFS Southwest Regional Administrator will review the fishery to
assess whether there is a sufficient unharvested portion of the harvest
guideline (i.e., anything in excess of the amount needed to support
incidental harvest) to warrant a reopening of the directed fishery. As
of June 7, 2005, approximately 4,808 mt of Pacific mackerel had been
landed; therefore, an incidental fishery was not necessary for the
2004-2005 fishing season.
At its June 2005 meeting, the Council made these recommendations to
NMFS. A proposed rule containing the Council's recommendations was
published August 29, 2005 (70 FR 51004). The public comment period
ended on September 13, 2005. No public comments were received.
After a review of the available information, NMFS approved the
Council's recommendation and hereby implements the following measures
for the July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, fishing season:
Based on the estimated biomass of 101,147 mt and the formula in the
FMP, a harvest guideline of 17,419 mt will be in effect for the fishery
which began on July 1, 2005. This harvest guideline applies to Pacific
mackerel harvested in
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the U.S. EEZ off the Pacific coast from 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2005,
through 11:59 pm on June 30, 2006, unless the harvest guideline is
attained and the fishery is closed before June 30, 2006. All landings
made after July 1, 2005, will be counted toward the 2005-2006 harvest
guideline of 17,419 mt. There shall be a directed fishery of 13,419 mt,
followed by an incidental fishery of 4,000 mt. An incidental allowance
of 40 percent of Pacific mackerel in landings of any CPS will become
effective after the date when 13,419 mt of Pacific mackerel is
estimated to have been harvested. A landing of 1 mt of Pacific mackerel
per trip will be permitted during the incidental fishery for trips in
which no other CPS is landed.
Classification
This final rule has been determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department of Commerce
certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration that the proposed rule for this action would not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
The factual basis for the certification was published in the proposed
rule. No comments were received regarding the certification or the
economic impacts of this action. As a result, no regulatory analysis is
required and none was prepared.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 17, 2005.
James W. Balsiger,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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