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(iv) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses. In
particular, EPA is requesting comments
from very small businesses (those that
employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA
could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses
affected by this collection.
What Should I Consider When I
Prepare My Comments for EPA?
You may find the following
suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as
possible and provide specific examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you
used.
3. Provide copies of any technical
information and/or data you used that
support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or
costs, explain how you arrived at the
estimate that you provide.
5. Offer alternative ways to improve
the collection activity.
6. Make sure to submit your
comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,
be sure to identify the docket ID number
assigned to this action in the subject
line on the first page of your response.
You may also provide the name, date,
and Federal Register citation.
What Information Collection Activity or
ICR Does This Apply to?
PWALKER on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–
0655
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are food retailers
that are partners in the GreenChill
Advanced Refrigeration Partnership.
Title: Information Collection Request
for the GreenChill Advanced
Refrigeration Partnership
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2349.1,
OMB Control No. 2060-new.
ICR status: This ICR is for a new
information collection activity. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OMB control numbers for
EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR,
after appearing in the Federal Register
when approved, are listed in 40 CFR
part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or
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by other appropriate means, such as on
the related collection instrument or
form, if applicable. The display of OMB
control numbers for certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: The GreenChill Advanced
Refrigeration Partnership (hereafter
referred to as GreenChill Partnership or
GreenChill) is an EPA cooperative
alliance with the supermarket industry
to promote advanced refrigeration
technologies, strategies, and practices
that reduce emissions of ozonedepleting and greenhouse gas
refrigerants. A food retailer’s decision to
participate in the GreenChill
Partnership is completely voluntary.
After joining GreenChill by submitting a
signed ‘‘Partnership Agreement,’’ food
retailers are asked to submit a ‘‘Stocks
and Emissions Report’’ to an
independent third party. The form
requires partners to provide corporatewide, aggregated data on the stocks and
emissions of all refrigerants used in
commercial refrigeration and airconditioning appliances. The
independent third party summarizes the
information submitted by the food
retailers, removes any identifying
information, and sends a summary of
the information to GreenChill. Partners
are then asked to submit a ‘‘Corporate
Refrigerant Management Plan’’ with
their emissions reductions goals for the
next year, along with a brief description
of their plan to meet that goal (such as
retrofitting old equipment, etc.). These
two forms are necessary for GreenChill
to track annual supermarket refrigerant
emissions rates, allowing GreenChill
and its food retail partners to
benchmark partners’ progress on
reducing emissions. The partner
emissions data is also the basis for the
achievement awards that GreenChill
gives out to its partners.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to be 18.1 hours for the first
year and 11 hours per year for the
second and third years per response.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose
or provide information to or for a
Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop,
acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
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changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 17.
Frequency of response: Annual.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 2.
Estimated total annual burden hours
per respondent: 18.1 hours for the first
year and 11 hours per year for the
second and third years.
Estimated total average annual costs
per respondent: $1378.29 for the first
year and $812.91 per year for the second
and third years. This includes an
estimated burden cost of $1367.86 and
an estimated cost of $10.43 for capital
investment or maintenance and
operational costs for the first year and
an estimated burden cost of $808.05 and
an estimated cost of $4.86 for capital
investment or maintenance and
operational costs for the second and
third years.
What Is the Next Step in the Process for
This ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received under this notice and amend
the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR
package will then be submitted to OMB
for review and approval pursuant to 5
CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will
issue another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to
OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you
have any questions about this ICR or the
approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: May 12, 2009.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. E9–12933 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0518; FRL–8414–1]
Chloropicrin, Dazomet, Metam Sodium/
Potassium, and Methyl Bromide;
Amendments to Reregistration
Eligibility Decisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s
decision to modify certain risk
mitigation measures that were specified
in the 2008 Reregistration Eligibility
Decisions (REDs) for the soil fumigant
pesticides chloropicrin, dazomet,
metam sodium/potassium, and methyl
bromide. EPA conducted this
reassessment of the chloropicrin,
dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, and
methyl bromide REDs in response to
public comments received during the
comment period, and new data
submitted by the Chloropicrin
Manufacturers’ Task Force and the
California Department of Pesticide
Regulation. Based on the new
information received, and in a
continuing effort to mitigate risk, the
Agency has made certain modifications
in the chloropicrin, dazomet, metam
sodium/potassium, and methyl bromide
REDs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
pesticide-specific information contact
the Chemical Review Manager
identified in the Table in Unit II. For
general information contact John Leahy,
Special Review and Reregistration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 305–6703; fax number: (703) 308–
8090; e-mail address:
leahy.john@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, farm
worker, and agricultural advocates; the
chemical industry; pesticide users; and
members of the public interested in the
sale, distribution, or use of pesticides.
Since others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established
dockets for this action under the docket
ID numbers listed in the Table in Unit
II. Publicly available docket materials
are available either in the electronic
docket at https://www.regulations.gov,
or, if only available in hard copy, at the
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The
hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Section 4 of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
directs EPA to reevaluate existing
pesticides to ensure that they meet
current scientific and regulatory
standards. In 2008, EPA issued REDs for
the soil fumigants chloropicrin,
dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, and
methyl bromide under section 4(g)(2)(A)
of FIFRA. In response to a notice of
availability published in the Federal
Register on July 16, 2008 (73 FR 40871)
(FRL–8372–3), the Agency received
substantive comments and new data
and/or information from commenters
and the registrant(s). The Agency’s
response to comments is available for
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viewing in the public dockets. The
amended chloropicrin, dazomet, metam
sodium/potassium, and methyl bromide
REDs reflect changes resulting from
Agency consideration of the comments
and the new data received on provisions
of the RED, as well as efforts by the
Agency to appropriately mitigate overall
risk. The RED amendments for
chloropicrin, dazomet, and metam
sodium/potassium, conclude EPA’s
reregistration eligibility decisionmaking process for these pesticides. For
methyl bromide, the RED amendment
concludes EPA’s reregistration
eligibility decision-making process for
the soil uses of this chemical.
Amendments to the commodity uses of
methyl bromide will be concluded in
the near future.
Due to the broad scope of these
decision documents the Agency put the
documents out for comment in 2008 to
allow stakeholders the opportunity to
review and provide comments on issues
related to the implementation of the risk
management measures. The Agency
received numerous comments on the
RED mitigation measures and has made
changes to the following measures based
on a review of the impacts and risks
described in the comments: buffer
zones, buffer zone posting, respiratory
protection, tarp perforation and
removal, good agricultural practices,
fumigant management plans, fumigant
site monitoring, response information to
neighbors, training, and notice to state
and tribal lead agencies. The Agency
also received new chloropicrin and
dazomet flux studies and has taken
these new studies into consideration
and revised the chloropicrin and
dazomet buffer zone tables. The label
table incorporated into the chloropicrin,
dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, and
methyl bromide RED amendments
includes modifications which specify
label language for the changes to the
mitigation measures described above.
TABLE—FUMIGANT CONTACTS
Reregistration Case Name and
Number
Docket ID Number
Chemical Review Manager, Telephone Number, E-mail Address
EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0350
Andrea Carone
(703) 308-0122
carone.andrea@epa.gov
Dazomet, 2135
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Chloropicrin, 0040
EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0128
Dana L. Friedman
(703) 347-8827
friedman.dana@epa.gov
Metam Sodium/Potassium, 2390
EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0125
Karen Santora
(703) 347-8781
santora.karen@epa.gov
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TABLE—FUMIGANT CONTACTS—Continued
Reregistration Case Name and
Number
Methyl Bromide, 0335
Docket ID Number
EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0123
B. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA, as amended,
directs that, after submission of all data
concerning a pesticide active ingredient,
‘‘the Administrator shall determine
whether pesticides containing such
active ingredient are eligible for
reregistration,’’ before calling in
product-specific data on individual enduse products and either reregistering
products or taking other ‘‘appropriate
regulatory action.’’
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: May 15, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.
Director, Special Review and Reregistration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0383; FRL–8411–8]
L-Lactic Acid Registration Review
Final Decision; Notice of Availability
PWALKER on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s final registration
review decision for the pesticide LLactic Acid, case 6062. Registration
review is EPA’s periodic review of
pesticide registrations to ensure that
each pesticide continues to satisfy the
statutory standard for registration, that
is, that the pesticide can perform its
intended function without causing
unreasonable adverse effects on human
health or the environment. Through this
program, EPA is ensuring that each
pesticide’s registration is based on
current scientific and other knowledge,
including its effects on human health
and the environment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
pesticide specific information, contact:
Andrew Bryceland, Biopesticide and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P),
Office of Pesticide Programs,
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Chemical Review Manager, Telephone Number, E-mail Address
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Susan Bartow
(703) 603-0065
bartow.susan@epa.gov
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 305–6928 ; fax number: (703) 308–
7026; e-mail address:
bryceland.andrew@epa.gov.
For general information on the
registration review program, contact:
Kevin Costello, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 305–
5026; fax number: (703) 308–8090; email address: costello.kevin @epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, farm
worker, and agricultural advocates; the
chemical industry; pesticide users; and
members of the public interested in the
sale, distribution, or use of pesticides.
Since others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the
pesticide specific contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a
docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2008–0383. Publicly available
docket materials are available either in
the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the Office of
Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory
Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of
operation of this Docket Facility are
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
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2. Electronic access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), this
notice announces the availability of
EPA’s final registration review decision
for L-Lactic Acid, case 6062. L-Lactic
Acid is a low-toxicity acid that occurs
naturally in several foods and is
primarily found in fermented milk
products. However, L-Lactic Acid also
occurs naturally in meats, fruits, tomato
juice, beer, wine, molasses, blood and
muscles of animals, and in the soil. LLactic Acid is registered as a
biochemical pesticide used as a
mosquito attractant (in traps). In
addition, L-Lactic Acid is also used as
an antimicrobial disinfectant, indirect
food contact surface sanitizer, fungicide,
and virucide when applied to hard, nonporous surfaces such as tile,
countertops, metal, or glass.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.57, a
registration review decision is the
Agency’s determination whether a
pesticide meets, or does not meet, the
standard for registration in FIFRA. EPA
has considered L-Lactic Acid in light of
the FIFRA standard for registration. The
L-Lactic Acid Final Decision document
in the docket describes the Agency’s
rationale for issuing a registration
review final decision for this pesticide.
In addition to the final registration
review decision document, the
registration review docket for L-Lactic
Acid also includes other relevant
documents related to the registration
review of this case. The proposed
registration review decision was posted
to the docket and the public was invited
to submit any comments or new
information. During the 60–day
comment period, no public comments
were received.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the
registration review case docket for LLactic Acid will remain open until all
actions required in the final decision
have been completed.
Background on the registration review
program is provided at: https://
www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0518; FRL-8414-1]
Chloropicrin, Dazomet, Metam Sodium/Potassium, and Methyl
Bromide; Amendments to Reregistration Eligibility Decisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's decision to modify certain risk
mitigation measures that were specified in the 2008 Reregistration
Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for the soil fumigant pesticides
chloropicrin, dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, and methyl bromide. EPA
conducted this reassessment of the chloropicrin, dazomet, metam sodium/
potassium, and methyl bromide REDs in response to public comments
received during the comment period, and new data submitted by the
Chloropicrin Manufacturers' Task Force and the California Department of
Pesticide Regulation. Based on the new information received, and in a
continuing effort to mitigate risk, the Agency has made certain
modifications in the chloropicrin, dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, and
methyl bromide REDs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For pesticide-specific information
contact the Chemical Review Manager identified in the Table in Unit II.
For general information contact John Leahy, Special Review and
Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-6703; fax number: (703) 308-8090; e-
mail address: leahy.john@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry;
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be
interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity,
consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established dockets for this action under the
docket ID numbers listed in the Table in Unit II. Publicly available
docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at
https://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington,
VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) directs EPA to reevaluate existing pesticides to ensure
that they meet current scientific and regulatory standards. In 2008,
EPA issued REDs for the soil fumigants chloropicrin, dazomet, metam
sodium/potassium, and methyl bromide under section 4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA.
In response to a notice of availability published in the Federal
Register on July 16, 2008 (73 FR 40871) (FRL-8372-3), the Agency
received substantive comments and new data and/or information from
commenters and the registrant(s). The Agency's response to comments is
available for viewing in the public dockets. The amended chloropicrin,
dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, and methyl bromide REDs reflect
changes resulting from Agency consideration of the comments and the new
data received on provisions of the RED, as well as efforts by the
Agency to appropriately mitigate overall risk. The RED amendments for
chloropicrin, dazomet, and metam sodium/potassium, conclude EPA's
reregistration eligibility decision-making process for these
pesticides. For methyl bromide, the RED amendment concludes EPA's
reregistration eligibility decision-making process for the soil uses of
this chemical. Amendments to the commodity uses of methyl bromide will
be concluded in the near future.
Due to the broad scope of these decision documents the Agency put
the documents out for comment in 2008 to allow stakeholders the
opportunity to review and provide comments on issues related to the
implementation of the risk management measures. The Agency received
numerous comments on the RED mitigation measures and has made changes
to the following measures based on a review of the impacts and risks
described in the comments: buffer zones, buffer zone posting,
respiratory protection, tarp perforation and removal, good agricultural
practices, fumigant management plans, fumigant site monitoring,
response information to neighbors, training, and notice to state and
tribal lead agencies. The Agency also received new chloropicrin and
dazomet flux studies and has taken these new studies into consideration
and revised the chloropicrin and dazomet buffer zone tables. The label
table incorporated into the chloropicrin, dazomet, metam sodium/
potassium, and methyl bromide RED amendments includes modifications
which specify label language for the changes to the mitigation measures
described above.
Table--Fumigant Contacts
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Chemical Review
Reregistration Case Name and Manager, Telephone
Number Docket ID Number Number, E-mail
Address
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Chloropicrin, 0040 EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-03 Andrea Carone
50 (703) 308-0122
carone.andrea@epa.gov
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Dazomet, 2135 EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-01 Dana L. Friedman
28 (703) 347-8827
friedman.dana@epa.gov
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Metam Sodium/Potassium, 2390 EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-01 Karen Santora
25 (703) 347-8781
santora.karen@epa.gov
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Methyl Bromide, 0335 EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-01 Susan Bartow
23 (703) 603-0065
bartow.susan@epa.gov
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B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA, as amended, directs that, after
submission of all data concerning a pesticide active ingredient, ``the
Administrator shall determine whether pesticides containing such active
ingredient are eligible for reregistration,'' before calling in
product-specific data on individual end-use products and either
reregistering products or taking other ``appropriate regulatory
action.''
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: May 15, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-12559 Filed 6-2-09; 8:45 a.m.]
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