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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES DATE AND TIME: VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:08 Feb 16, 2012 Jkt 226001 [WC Docket Nos. 10–90 and 05–337; DA 12–137] Comment Sought on Potential Data for Connect America Fund Phase One Incremental Support Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice; solicitation of comments. AGENCY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau begins the process of implementing CAF Phase I by seeking comment on potential data that can be used as inputs to the equation SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9653 that will be used to determine distribution of the $300 million, and on a proposed list of wire centers that would be eligible to receive CAF Phase I incremental support. DATES: Comments are due on or before March 19, 2012. ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file comments on or before March 19, 2012. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket Nos. 10–90 and 05–337. Comments may be filed using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies, by any of the following methods: • Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https:// fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. • Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number. • People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (tty). For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Cavender, Wireline Competition Bureau at Joseph.Cavender@fcc.gov or (202) 418–7400 or TTY (202) 418–0484. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission’s Public Notice in WC Docket Nos. 10–90 and 05–337; DA 12–137, released February 6, 2012. The complete text of this document is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW. Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. The document may also be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (800) 378–3160 or (202) 863–2893, facsimile (202) 863–2898, or via the Internet at https://www.bcpiweb.com. 1. On November 18, 2011, the Commission released the USF/ICC Transformation Order and FNPRM, 76 FR 76623, December 8, 2011, which comprehensively reforms and modernizes the universal service and E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 9654 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 33 / Friday, February 17, 2012 / Notices intercarrier compensation systems. Among other things, the Commission established a transitional mechanism to distribute high cost universal service support to price cap carriers, known as the Connect America Fund Phase I (‘‘CAF Phase I’’). CAF Phase I incremental support is designed to provide an immediate boost to broadband deployment in areas that are unserved by any broadband provider. 2. In particular, in CAF Phase I, the Commission allocated up to $300 million of additional, incremental universal service support to price cap carriers to be distributed using cost estimates based on the cost model the Commission used to determine High Cost Model Support previously. In adopting CAF Phase I, the Commission specified the process by which such support would be distributed, including the equation to be used to generate cost estimates, and delegated to the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) the task of performing the calculations necessary to determine support amounts and selecting the necessary data. 3. In the Public Notice, the Bureau begins the process of implementing CAF Phase I by seeking comment on potential data that can be used as inputs to the equation that will be used to determine distribution of the $300 million, and on a proposed list of wire centers that would be eligible to receive CAF Phase I incremental support. 4. First, Windstream Communications submitted, pursuant to our protective order, data, on a wire center basis, for each of the input variables used in the equation adopted by the Commission. Windstream proposes that we use these data to calculate support amounts. We seek comment on the data submitted by Windstream. Should we use these data as a basis for determining eligible support amounts in CAF Phase I? Should we use an alternate source? We encourage commenters with concerns about the data Windstream submitted to provide alternate data along with an explanation of how those data were derived, or to explain how we could obtain more appropriate data. We observe that Windstream’s submission does not purport to provide data for all wire centers. For example, Windstream has not provided data for Alaska or the U.S. Territories. Although the Bureau has delegated authority to exclude such areas from the analysis for CAF Phase I incremental support if we conclude that we do not have appropriate data available, we invite commenters to provide appropriate data for such areas. We note that it might be possible for the Commission to develop input variables for some portion of the areas for which VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:08 Feb 16, 2012 Jkt 226001 Windstream did not provide data by, for example, applying statistical methods to estimate the number of business locations in a wire center given information about the number of residential locations and area of the wire center. We seek comment on the use of such an approach and whether we should use such derived data, provided that we are able to do so consistent with the Commission’s expectation that the Bureau complete our work and announce support amounts on or before March 31, and that we believe that such data are sufficiently reliable. 5. Second, because the Commission limited CAF Phase I incremental support to price cap carriers, the Bureau must therefore exclude from our analysis the wire centers of non-price cap carriers. The Bureau, after conducting its own analysis based on the Telcordia LERG Routing Guide and Commission data for carriers’ common control names, has developed a list of wire centers for price cap carriers, identified by the eight-digit Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) code, which is available through EDOCS at https://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/ edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12137A2.xls. We seek comment on this proposed list. Are all wire centers of price cap carriers and rate-of-return areas affiliated with price cap carriers included? Are there any wire centers listed that should not be? We encourage commenters identifying errors or omissions in our proposed list to provide correct information along with an explanation of where those data were obtained, or explaining how we could obtain correct data. 6. Interested parties may file comments on or before March 19, 2012. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket Nos. 10–90 and 05–337. Comments may be filed using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. • Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https:// fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. • Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th St. SW., Room TW–A325, Washington, DC 20554. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. The filing hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (tty). In addition, one copy of each pleading must be sent to each of the following: (1) The Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, www.bcpiweb.com; phone: (202) 488– 5300 fax: (202) 488–5563; (2) Joseph Cavender, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Room 5–A176, Washington, DC 20554; email: Joseph.Cavender@fcc.gov; and (3) Charles Tyler, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Room 5–A452, Washington, DC 20554; email: Charles.Tyler@fcc.gov. Filings and comments are also available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. They may also be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone: (202) 488–5300, fax: (202) 488–5563, or via email www.bcpiweb.com. This matter shall be treated as a ‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ proceeding in accordance with the Commission’s ex parte rules. Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentations must contain summaries E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 33 / Friday, February 17, 2012 / Notices of the substance of the presentation and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More than a one or two sentence description of the views and arguments presented generally is required. Other rules pertaining to oral and written ex parte presentations in permit-butdisclose proceedings are set forth in § 1.1206(b) of the Commission’s rules. Federal Communications Commission. Trent Harkrader, Division Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. [FR Doc. 2012–3836 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [AU Docket No. 12–25; DA 12–187] Mobility Fund Phase I Auction Updated List of Potentially Eligible Census Blocks Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In this document, the Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications and Wireline Competition Bureaus provide an updated list of potentially eligible census blocks for Auction 901 scheduled to commence on September 27, 2012, as well as other updated information consistent with the revised list. 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Filings can be mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:08 Feb 16, 2012 Jkt 226001 sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Attn: WTB/ASAD, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. D All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th St. SW., Room TW–A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of before entering the building. D Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. D U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. D People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 418–0432. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division: Lisa Stover at (717) 338–2868. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Mobility Fund Phase I Auction Updated List of Potentially Eligible Census Blocks Public Notice (Public Notice) released on February 10, 2012. The Public Notice and related Commission documents may be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 800–378–3160, or you may contact BCPI at its Web site: https://www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering documents from BCPI, please provide the appropriate FCC document number, for example, DA 12–187 for this Public Notice. The Public Notice and related documents also are available on the Internet at the Commission’s Web site: https://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/ 901/ or by using the search function for AU Docket No. 12–25 on the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) web page at https:// www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. 1. The Wireless Telecommunications and Wireline Competition Bureaus (the Bureaus) announce the availability of an PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9655 updated list, based on January 2012 American Roamer data, of census blocks potentially eligible for Mobility Fund Phase I support to be offered in Auction 901, as well as other updated information consistent with the revised list. 2. The Bureaus scheduled Auction 901 for September 27, 2012, and sought comment on procedures for the auction and certain program requirements in the Auction 901 (Mobility Fund Phase I) Comment Public Notice, 77 FR 7152, February 10, 2012. The Bureaus concluded that they would identify census blocks eligible for the Mobility Fund Phase I support to be offered in Auction 901 based on an analysis of the most recent available American Roamer data, from January 2012. The Bureaus described the methodology for identifying potentially eligible blocks and provided a preliminary list of such blocks based on their analysis of October 2011 American Roamer data, in electronic format as Attachment A files, as well as certain summary information (based on the same data) in Attachments A and B released with the Auction 901 Comment Public Notice. Further, the Bureaus stated that upon completion of their analysis of the January 2012 American Roamer data they would provide an updated list of potentially eligible census blocks and related updated information for Attachments A and B. 3. The Bureaus have finished that analysis and are now providing the updated information. The updated list of potentially eligible blocks based on January 2012 American Roamer data is available in electronic format only, as separate Attachment A files at https:// wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/901/. For each potentially eligible block, individually identified by its Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, these files provide the population and area of the block; the associated state, county, tract, and block group; any associated Tribe and Tribal land; and the number of road miles in each road mile category. 4. Attachment A to the Public Notice provides a summary of the updated list of potentially eligible census blocks based on January 2012 American Roamer data. For each state and territory, Attachment A provides the total number of potentially eligible census blocks (unserved census blocks with road miles), the total number of block groups with such blocks, the total number of tracts with such blocks, the total number of counties with such blocks, and the number of cellular market areas (CMAs) with such blocks. For each state and territory, Attachment A also provides the total population and E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 05-337; DA 12-137]


Comment Sought on Potential Data for Connect America Fund Phase 
One Incremental Support

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of comments.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau begins the 
process of implementing CAF Phase I by seeking comment on potential 
data that can be used as inputs to the equation that will be used to 
determine distribution of the $300 million, and on a proposed list of 
wire centers that would be eligible to receive CAF Phase I incremental 
support.

DATES: Comments are due on or before March 19, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file comments on or before March 19, 
2012. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 05-337. 
Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing 
System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies, by any of the following 
methods:
     Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
     Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must 
file an original and four copies of each filing. If more than one 
docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, 
filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or 
rulemaking number.
     People with Disabilities: To request materials in 
accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, 
electronic files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or 
call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 
(voice), (202) 418-0432 (tty).
    For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Cavender, Wireline Competition 
Bureau at Joseph.Cavender@fcc.gov or (202) 418-7400 or TTY (202) 418-
0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Public Notice in WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 05-337; DA 12-137, released 
February 6, 2012. The complete text of this document is available for 
inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC 
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW. Room CY-
A257, Washington, DC 20554. The document may also be purchased from the 
Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 
12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (800) 
378-3160 or (202) 863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2898, or via the 
Internet at https://www.bcpiweb.com.
    1. On November 18, 2011, the Commission released the USF/ICC 
Transformation Order and FNPRM, 76 FR 76623, December 8, 2011, which 
comprehensively reforms and modernizes the universal service and

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intercarrier compensation systems. Among other things, the Commission 
established a transitional mechanism to distribute high cost universal 
service support to price cap carriers, known as the Connect America 
Fund Phase I (``CAF Phase I''). CAF Phase I incremental support is 
designed to provide an immediate boost to broadband deployment in areas 
that are unserved by any broadband provider.
    2. In particular, in CAF Phase I, the Commission allocated up to 
$300 million of additional, incremental universal service support to 
price cap carriers to be distributed using cost estimates based on the 
cost model the Commission used to determine High Cost Model Support 
previously. In adopting CAF Phase I, the Commission specified the 
process by which such support would be distributed, including the 
equation to be used to generate cost estimates, and delegated to the 
Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) the task of performing the 
calculations necessary to determine support amounts and selecting the 
necessary data.
    3. In the Public Notice, the Bureau begins the process of 
implementing CAF Phase I by seeking comment on potential data that can 
be used as inputs to the equation that will be used to determine 
distribution of the $300 million, and on a proposed list of wire 
centers that would be eligible to receive CAF Phase I incremental 
support.
    4. First, Windstream Communications submitted, pursuant to our 
protective order, data, on a wire center basis, for each of the input 
variables used in the equation adopted by the Commission. Windstream 
proposes that we use these data to calculate support amounts. We seek 
comment on the data submitted by Windstream. Should we use these data 
as a basis for determining eligible support amounts in CAF Phase I? 
Should we use an alternate source? We encourage commenters with 
concerns about the data Windstream submitted to provide alternate data 
along with an explanation of how those data were derived, or to explain 
how we could obtain more appropriate data. We observe that Windstream's 
submission does not purport to provide data for all wire centers. For 
example, Windstream has not provided data for Alaska or the U.S. 
Territories. Although the Bureau has delegated authority to exclude 
such areas from the analysis for CAF Phase I incremental support if we 
conclude that we do not have appropriate data available, we invite 
commenters to provide appropriate data for such areas. We note that it 
might be possible for the Commission to develop input variables for 
some portion of the areas for which Windstream did not provide data by, 
for example, applying statistical methods to estimate the number of 
business locations in a wire center given information about the number 
of residential locations and area of the wire center. We seek comment 
on the use of such an approach and whether we should use such derived 
data, provided that we are able to do so consistent with the 
Commission's expectation that the Bureau complete our work and announce 
support amounts on or before March 31, and that we believe that such 
data are sufficiently reliable.
    5. Second, because the Commission limited CAF Phase I incremental 
support to price cap carriers, the Bureau must therefore exclude from 
our analysis the wire centers of non-price cap carriers. The Bureau, 
after conducting its own analysis based on the Telcordia LERG Routing 
Guide and Commission data for carriers' common control names, has 
developed a list of wire centers for price cap carriers, identified by 
the eight-digit Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) code, which 
is available through EDOCS at https://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-137A2.xls. We seek comment on this proposed list. Are 
all wire centers of price cap carriers and rate-of-return areas 
affiliated with price cap carriers included? Are there any wire centers 
listed that should not be? We encourage commenters identifying errors 
or omissions in our proposed list to provide correct information along 
with an explanation of where those data were obtained, or explaining 
how we could obtain correct data.
    6. Interested parties may file comments on or before March 19, 
2012. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 05-337. 
Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing 
System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies.
     Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
     Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must 
file an original and four copies of each filing. If more than one 
docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, 
filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or 
rulemaking number.
    Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial 
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service 
mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, 
Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
    All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the 
Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 
12th St. SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. All hand deliveries 
must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes 
must be disposed of before entering the building. The filing hours are 
8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal 
Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East 
Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-
class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible 
formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic 
files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 
418-0432 (tty).
    In addition, one copy of each pleading must be sent to each of the 
following:
    (1) The Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 
Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554, www.bcpiweb.com; phone: (202) 488-5300 fax: (202) 488-5563;
    (2) Joseph Cavender, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Room 5-A176, 
Washington, DC 20554; email: Joseph.Cavender@fcc.gov; and
    (3) Charles Tyler, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Room 5-A452, 
Washington, DC 20554; email: Charles.Tyler@fcc.gov.
    Filings and comments are also available for public inspection and 
copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information 
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 
20554. They may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street 
SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone: (202) 488-5300, 
fax: (202) 488-5563, or via email www.bcpiweb.com.
    This matter shall be treated as a ``permit-but-disclose'' 
proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules. Persons 
making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda 
summarizing the presentations must contain summaries

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of the substance of the presentation and not merely a listing of the 
subjects discussed.
    More than a one or two sentence description of the views and 
arguments presented generally is required. Other rules pertaining to 
oral and written ex parte presentations in permit-but-disclose 
proceedings are set forth in Sec.  1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Trent Harkrader,
Division Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2012-3836 Filed 2-16-12; 8:45 am]
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