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Correcting amendments.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps) published a document
in the Federal Register on September
12, 2008 (73 FR 52926), revising the
restricted areas at Naval Support
Activity (NSA), Panama City (PC),
Florida. The latitude of the shared point
for the southeast point of restricted area
BA–1 (Sec. 334.761(a)(2)) and the
southwest point of restricted area BA–
2 (Sec. 334.761(a)(3)) should have been
provided as 30°10′32″ N. This document
corrects the final regulation by revising
these actions.
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Engineers, Jacksonville District,
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September 12, 2008, (73 FR 52926) the
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ten restricted areas at Naval Support
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Florida. In that final rule, the shared
point at the southeast point of Area BA–
1 (§ 334.761(a)(2)) and the southwest
point of Area BA–2 (§ 334.761(a)(3))
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PART 334—DANGER ZONE AND
RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 334
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City; St. Andrews Bay; restricted areas.
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amended by making the following
correcting amendments:
2. In § 334.761, revise paragraphs
(a)(2) and (a)(3) to read as follows:
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(§ 334.761(a)(4)) by one second. To
correct this error, the southeast point of
Area BA–1 and the southwest point of
Area BA–2 are changed to 30°10′32″ N,
with no change in the longitudinal
value.
Authority: 40 Stat. 266 (33 U.S.C. 1) and
40 Stat. 892 (33 U.S.C. 3).
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(2) Area BA–1. The area is bounded
by a line directly connecting the
following coordinates (listed by latitude,
then longitude): Northwest point—
30°11′14″ N, 085°44′59″ W; Northeast
point—30°11′13″ N, 085°44′32″ W;
Southeast point—30°10′32″ N,
085°44′32″ W; Southwest point—
30°10′32″ N, 085°44′59″ W, then
northerly to point of origin.
(3) Area BA–2. The area is bounded
by a line directly connecting the
following coordinates (listed by latitude,
then longitude): Northwest point—
30°11′13″ N, 085°44′32″ W; Northeast
point—30°11′07″ N, 085°44′01″ W;
Southeast point—30°10′32″ N,
085°44′00″ W; Southwest point—
30°10′32″ N, 085°44′32″ W, then
northerly to point of origin.
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Dated: March 9, 2009.
Michael Ensch,
Chief, Operations, Directorate of Civil Works.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 3
RIN 2900–AN03
The Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision
Equity Act of 2007
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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SUMMARY: This document amends the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
adjudication regulations regarding
special monthly compensation and
compensation for paired organs. These
amendments are necessary because the
statutes on which the regulations are
based have been amended. The
intended effect of these amendments is
to incorporate relevant statutory
provisions from the Dr. James Allen
Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007.
DATES: Effective Date: These
amendments are effective March 18,
2009.
Applicability Date: This final rule will
apply to applications for benefits filed
with VA on or after December 26, 2007.
This final rule will also apply to
applications for benefits filed before
December 26, 2007, but pending before
VA as of December 26, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gerald Johnson, Regulations Staff
(211D), Compensation and Pension
Service, Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 1800 G Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–9727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1114 of title 38, United States Code,
prescribes the rates of compensation
payable for service-connected disability,
depending on the percentage disabilty
rating assigned by VA or on the
presence of various combinations of
service-connected disabilities. One of
the criteria for the rate of special
monthly compensation prescribed by
section 1114(o) was ‘‘service-connected
total blindness with 5/200 visual acuity
or less.’’ Section 101 of the Dr. James
Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of
2007, Public Law 110–157 (the Act),
changed that threshold visual acuity of
‘‘5/200’’ to ‘‘20/200.’’
Section 1160(a) of title 38, United
States Code, requires VA to pay
compensation for certain combinations
of service-connected and non-serviceconnected disabilities of paired organs
or extremities as if both disabilities were
service connected, provided the nonservice-connected disability is not the
result of the veteran’s own willful
misconduct. One of those combinations
of disability was service-connected
‘‘blindness’’ in one eye and non-serviceconnected ‘‘blindness’’ in the other eye.
Section 102 of the Act changed the word
‘‘blindness’’ to ‘‘impairment of vision’’
and added the criteria that the visual
impairment in each eye be rated at
visual acuity of 20/200 or less or that
the peripheral field of vision for each
eye be 20 degrees or less.
Pursuant to the Act, this document
amends 38 CFR 3.350, Special monthly
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compensation ratings, and 38 CFR
3.383, Special consideration for paired
organs and extremities, to reflect the
statutory changes. We are amending
§ 3.350(e)(1)(iii) by replacing ‘‘5/200’’
with ‘‘20/200.’’ We are amending
§ 3.383(a)(1) by replacing the word
‘‘blindness’’ in both places it appears
with the term ‘‘impairment of vision’’
and adding the two additional statutory
criteria.
Administrative Procedure Act
Because these substantive
amendments merely reflect statutory
changes, this rulemaking is exempt from
the notice-and-comment and delayedeffective-date requirements of 5 U.S.C.
553. Use of those procedures would be
unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This document contains no provisions
constituting a collection of information
under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501–3521).
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The initial and final regulatory
flexibility analysis requirements of
sections 603 and 604 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, are
not applicable to this rule because a
notice of proposed rule-making is not
required for this rule. Even so, the
Secretary hereby certifies that this final
rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities as they are
defined in the Regulatory Flexibility
Act. This final rule would not affect any
small entities. Only individual VA
beneficiaries would be directly affected.
Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b),
this final rule is exempt from the initial
and final regulatory flexibility analysis
requirements of sections 603 and 604.
Executive Order 12866
Executive Order 12866 directs
agencies to assess all costs and benefits
of available regulatory alternatives and,
when regulation is necessary, to select
regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential
economic, environmental, public health
and safety, and other advantages;
distributive impacts; and equity). The
Executive Order classifies a ‘‘significant
regulatory action,’’ requiring review by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), unless OMB waives such
review, as any regulatory action that is
likely to result in a rule that may: (1)
Have an annual effect on the economy
of $100 million or more or adversely
affect in a material way the economy, a
sector of the economy, productivity,
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competition, jobs, the environment,
public health or safety, or State, local,
or tribal governments or communities;
(2) create a serious inconsistency or
otherwise interfere with an action taken
or planned by another agency; (3)
materially alter the budgetary impact of
entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan
programs or the rights and obligations of
recipients thereof; or (4) raise novel
legal or policy issues arising out of legal
mandates, the President’s priorities, or
the principles set forth in the Executive
Order.
VA has examined the economic,
interagency, budgetary, legal, and policy
implications of this final rule and has
concluded that it is not a significant
regulatory action under Executive Order
12866.
Unfunded Mandates
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that
agencies prepare an assessment of
anticipated costs and benefits before
issuing any rule that may result in the
expenditure by State, local, and tribal
governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more
(adjusted annually for inflation) in any
one year. This final rule would have no
such effect on State, local, and tribal
governments, or on the private sector.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers and Titles
The Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance program number and title for
this rule is 64.109, Veterans
Compensation for Service-Connected
Disability.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 3
Administrative practice and
procedure, Claims, Disability benefits,
Health care, Pensions, Radioactive
materials, Veterans, Vietnam.
Approved: February 24, 2009.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
For the reasons stated in the preamble,
the Department of Veterans Affairs
amends 38 CFR Part 3 as set forth
below:
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PART 3—ADJUDICATION
Subpart A—Pension, Compensation,
and Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation
1. The authority citation for part 3,
subpart A continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless
otherwise noted.
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§ 3.350
[Amended]
2. Amend § 3.350(e)(1)(iii) by
removing ‘‘5/200’’ and adding, in its
place, ‘‘20/200’’.
■ 3. Revise § 3.383(a)(1) and the
sectional authority citation to read as
follows:
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§ 3.383 Special consideration for paired
organs and extremities.
(a) * * *
(1) Impairment of vision in one eye as
a result of service-connected disability
and impairment of vision in the other
eye as a result of non-service-connected
disability and
(i) The impairment of vision in each
eye is rated at a visual acuity of 20/200
or less; or
(ii) The peripheral field of vision for
each eye is 20 degrees or less.
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Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 1160.
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Approval and Promulgation of Air
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Alabama; Update to Materials
Incorporated by Reference
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; notice of
administrative change.
EPA is publishing this action
to provide the public with notice of the
update to the Alabama State
Implementation Plan (SIP) compilation.
In particular, materials submitted by
Alabama that are incorporated by
reference (IBR) into the Alabama SIP are
being updated to reflect EPA-approved
revisions to Alabama’s SIP that have
occurred since the last update. In this
action EPA is also notifying the public
of the correction of certain
typographical errors.
DATES: This action is effective March 18,
2009.
ADDRESSES: SIP materials which are
incorporated by reference into 40 CFR
part 52 are available for inspection at
the following locations: Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303; the Air
and Radiation Docket and Information
Center, EPA Headquarters Library,
Infoterra Room (Room Number 3334),
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Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and
the National Archives and Records
Administration. If you wish to obtain
materials from a docket in the EPA
Headquarters Library, please call the
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)
Docket/Telephone number: (202) 566–
1742. For information on the availability
of this material at NARA, call 202–741–
6030, or go to: https://www.archives.gov/
federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Stacy Harder at the above Region 4
address or at (404) 562–9042.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each state
has a SIP containing the control
measures and strategies used to attain
and maintain the national ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS). The SIP is
extensive, containing such elements as
air pollution control regulations,
emission inventories, monitoring
networks, attainment demonstrations,
and enforcement mechanisms.
Each state must formally adopt the
control measures and strategies in the
SIP after the public has had an
opportunity to comment on them and
then submit the SIP to EPA. Once these
control measures and strategies are
approved by EPA, after notice and
comment, they are incorporated into the
federally approved SIP and are
identified in part 52 ‘‘Approval and
Promulgation of Implementation Plans,’’
Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (40 CFR part 52). The full
text of the state regulation approved by
EPA is not reproduced in its entirety in
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reference.’’ This means that EPA has
approved a given state regulation with
a specific effective date. The public is
referred to the location of the full text
version should they want to know
which measures are contained in a
given SIP. The information provided
allows EPA and the public to monitor
the extent to which a state implements
a SIP to attain and maintain the NAAQS
and to take enforcement action if
necessary.
The SIP is a living document which
the state can revise as necessary to
address the unique air pollution
problems in the state. Therefore, EPA
from time to time must take action on
SIP revisions containing new and/or
revised regulations as being part of the
SIP. On May 22, 1997 (62 FR 27968),
EPA revised the procedures for
incorporating by reference, into the
CFR, materials submitted by states in
their EPA-approved SIP revisions. These
changes revised the format for the
identification of the SIP in 40 CFR part
52, stream-lined the mechanisms for
announcing EPA approval of revisions
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to a SIP, and stream-lined the
mechanisms for EPA’s updating of the
IBR information contained for each SIP
in 40 CFR part 52. The revised
procedures also called for EPA to
maintain ‘‘SIP Compilations’’ that
contain the federally approved
regulations and source specific permits
submitted by each state agency. These
SIP Compilations are contained in 3ring binders and are updated primarily
on an annual basis. Under the revised
procedures, EPA is to periodically
publish an informational document in
the rules section of the Federal Register
when updates are made to a SIP
Compilation for a particular state. EPA’s
1997 revised procedures were formally
applied to Alabama on December 22,
1998 (63 FR 70669).
This action represents EPA’s
publication of the Alabama SIP
Compilation update, appearing in 40
CFR part 52. In addition, notice is
provided of the following typographical
corrections to Table (c) of paragraph
52.50, as described below:
1. Correcting typographical errors listed in
Table 1 of paragraph 52.50(c), as described
below:
A. Section 335–3–14-.03 State Effective
Date is revised to read ‘‘08/10/00.’’
B. Section 335–3–14-.03 EPA Approval
Date is revised to read ‘‘12/8/00.’’
C. Section 335–3–14-.05 EPA Approval
Date is revised to read ‘‘12/8/00.’’
D. Section 335–3–15-.02 EPA Approval
Date is revised to read ‘‘12/8/00.’’
2. Revising the date format listed in
paragraphs 52.50(c), and (e) in the ‘‘state
effective date,’’ and ‘‘EPA approval date,’’
columns for consistency. Dates are numerical
month/day/year without additional zeros.
EPA has determined that today’s
action falls under the ‘‘good cause’’
exemption in the section 553(b)(3)(B) of
the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
which, upon finding ‘‘good cause,’’
authorizes agencies to dispense with
public participation and section
553(d)(3) which allows an agency to
make an action effective immediately
(thereby avoiding the 30-day delayed
effective date otherwise provided for in
the APA). Today’s administrative action
simply codifies provisions which are
already in effect as a matter of law in
Federal and approved state programs
and corrects typographical errors
appearing the Federal Register. Under
section 553 of the APA, an agency may
find good cause where procedures are
‘‘impractical, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest.’’ Public comment
for this administrative action is
‘‘unnecessary’’ and ‘‘contrary to the
public interest’’ since the codification
(and typographical corrections) only
reflects existing law. Immediate notice
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 3
RIN 2900-AN03
The Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
adjudication regulations regarding special monthly compensation and
compensation for paired organs. These amendments are necessary because
the statutes on which the regulations are based have been amended. The
intended effect of these amendments is to incorporate relevant
statutory provisions from the Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act
of 2007.
DATES: Effective Date: These amendments are effective March 18, 2009.
Applicability Date: This final rule will apply to applications for
benefits filed with VA on or after December 26, 2007. This final rule
will also apply to applications for benefits filed before December 26,
2007, but pending before VA as of December 26, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald Johnson, Regulations Staff
(211D), Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 1800 G Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1114 of title 38, United States
Code, prescribes the rates of compensation payable for service-
connected disability, depending on the percentage disabilty rating
assigned by VA or on the presence of various combinations of service-
connected disabilities. One of the criteria for the rate of special
monthly compensation prescribed by section 1114(o) was ``service-
connected total blindness with 5/200 visual acuity or less.'' Section
101 of the Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007, Public
Law 110-157 (the Act), changed that threshold visual acuity of ``5/
200'' to ``20/200.''
Section 1160(a) of title 38, United States Code, requires VA to pay
compensation for certain combinations of service-connected and non-
service-connected disabilities of paired organs or extremities as if
both disabilities were service connected, provided the non-service-
connected disability is not the result of the veteran's own willful
misconduct. One of those combinations of disability was service-
connected ``blindness'' in one eye and non-service-connected
``blindness'' in the other eye. Section 102 of the Act changed the word
``blindness'' to ``impairment of vision'' and added the criteria that
the visual impairment in each eye be rated at visual acuity of 20/200
or less or that the peripheral field of vision for each eye be 20
degrees or less.
Pursuant to the Act, this document amends 38 CFR 3.350, Special
monthly compensation ratings, and 38 CFR 3.383, Special consideration
for paired organs and extremities, to reflect the statutory changes. We
are amending Sec. 3.350(e)(1)(iii) by replacing ``5/200'' with ``20/
200.'' We are amending Sec. 3.383(a)(1) by replacing the word
``blindness'' in both places it appears with the term ``impairment of
vision'' and adding the two additional statutory criteria.
Administrative Procedure Act
Because these substantive amendments merely reflect statutory
changes, this rulemaking is exempt from the notice-and-comment and
delayed-effective-date requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553. Use of those
procedures would be unnecessary and contrary to the public interest.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This document contains no provisions constituting a collection of
information under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521).
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis requirements
of sections 603 and 604 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C.
601-612, are not applicable to this rule because a notice of proposed
rule-making is not required for this rule. Even so, the Secretary
hereby certifies that this final rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities as they are
defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act. This final rule would not
affect any small entities. Only individual VA beneficiaries would be
directly affected. Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), this final
rule is exempt from the initial and final regulatory flexibility
analysis requirements of sections 603 and 604.
Executive Order 12866
Executive Order 12866 directs agencies to assess all costs and
benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, when regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety,
and other advantages; distributive impacts; and equity). The Executive
Order classifies a ``significant regulatory action,'' requiring review
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), unless OMB waives such
review, as any regulatory action that is likely to result in a rule
that may: (1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or
more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the
economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public
health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or
communities; (2) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere
with an action taken or planned by another agency; (3) materially alter
the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan
programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4)
raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the
President's priorities, or the principles set forth in the Executive
Order.
VA has examined the economic, interagency, budgetary, legal, and
policy implications of this final rule and has concluded that it is not
a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
Unfunded Mandates
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C.
1532, that agencies prepare an assessment of anticipated costs and
benefits before issuing any rule that may result in the expenditure by
State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more (adjusted annually for
inflation) in any one year. This final rule would have no such effect
on State, local, and tribal governments, or on the private sector.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers and Titles
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance program number and title
for this rule is 64.109, Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected
Disability.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 3
Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Disability benefits,
Health care, Pensions, Radioactive materials, Veterans, Vietnam.
Approved: February 24, 2009.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Department of Veterans
Affairs amends 38 CFR Part 3 as set forth below:
PART 3--ADJUDICATION
Subpart A--Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation
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1. The authority citation for part 3, subpart A continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted.
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Sec. 3.350 [Amended]
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2. Amend Sec. 3.350(e)(1)(iii) by removing ``5/200'' and adding, in
its place, ``20/200''.
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3. Revise Sec. 3.383(a)(1) and the sectional authority citation to
read as follows:
Sec. 3.383 Special consideration for paired organs and extremities.
(a) * * *
(1) Impairment of vision in one eye as a result of service-
connected disability and impairment of vision in the other eye as a
result of non-service-connected disability and
(i) The impairment of vision in each eye is rated at a visual
acuity of 20/200 or less; or
(ii) The peripheral field of vision for each eye is 20 degrees or
less.
* * * * *
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 1160.
[FR Doc. E9-5862 Filed 3-17-09; 8:45 am]
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