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[TA–W–81,575; TA–W–81,575A; TA–W–
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Notice of Affirmative Determination
Regarding Application for
Reconsideration
TA–W–81,575
WIPRO LIMITED, WIPRO
TECHNOLOGIES, ALLIANCE
MANAGERS, INCLUDING WORKERS
WORKING REMOTELY IN NEW
JERSEY, EAST BRUNSWICK, NEW
JERSEY
TA–W–81,575A
WIPRO LIMITED, WIPRO
TECHNOLOGIES, ALLIANCE
MANAGERS, INCLUDING WORKERS
WORKING REMOTELY IN ILLINOIS,
OAKBROOK TERRACE, ILLINOIS
TA–W–81,575B
WIPRO LIMITED, WIPRO
TECHNOLOGIES, ALLIANCE
MANAGERS, INCLUDING WORKERS
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WORKING REMOTELY IN
CALIFORNIA, MOUNTAIN VIEW,
CALIFORNIA
TA–W–81,575C
WIPRO LIMITED, WIPRO
TECHNOLOGIES, ALLIANCE
MANAGERS, WORKERS WORKING
REMOTELY IN GEORGIA, ATLANTA,
GEORGIA
TA–W–81,575D
WIPRO LIMITED, WIPRO
TECHNOLOGIES, ALLIANCE
MANAGERS, WORKERS WORKING
REMOTELY IN WASHINGTON,
BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON
TA–W–81,575E
WIPRO LIMITED, WIPRO
TECHNOLOGIES, ALLIANCE
MANAGERS, WORKERS WORKING
REMOTELY IN TEXAS, ADDISON,
TEXAS
TA–W–81,575F
WIPRO LIMITED, WIPRO
TECHNOLOGIES, ALLIANCE
MANAGERS, WORKERS WORKING
REMOTELY IN MASSACHUSETTS,
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
On its own motion, the Department of
Labor will conduct an administrative
reconsideration of the negative
determination regarding workers’
eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers
and former workers of Wipro Limited,
Wipro Technologies, Alliance Managers,
East Brunswick, New Jersey (TA–W–
81,575), Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois (TA–
W–81,575A), Mountain View, California
(TA–W–81,575B), Atlanta, Georgia (TA–
W–81,575C), Bellevue, Washington
(TA–W–81,575D), Addison, Texas (TA–
W–81,575E), and Boston, Massachusetts
(TA–W–81,575F) (hereafter collectively
referred to as ‘‘Wipro’’). The
Department’s Notice of negative
determination was published in the
Federal Register on July 10, 2012 (77 FR
40642). The workers are engaged in
employment related to the supply of
sales of alliance related services or
products through sales employees of the
company.
The negative determination was based
on the Department’s findings of no
imports by Wipro of services like or
directly competitive with those
supplied by the subject worker group
and no shift to a foreign country by
Wipro in the supply of such services. A
customer survey was not conducted, as
the services supplied are for internal
purposes only.
The initial investigation also revealed
that Wipro is neither a Supplier to, nor
acts as a Downstream Producer for, a
firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a), and that Wipro has not
been publically identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as
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a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in an affirmative
finding of serious injury, market
disruption, or material injury, or threat
thereof.
The Department’s review of the
administrative record revealed a
discrepancy in the locations identified
by Wipro and those identified by the
Department in the determination.
Conclusion
The Department has carefully
reviewed the existing record, and will
conduct further investigation to
determine if the workers meet the
eligibility requirements of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
August, 2012.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Comment Request for Information
Collection for Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy
Measurement (BAM), Extension
Without Revisions.
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(Department), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the continuation of
collection of data about the accuracy of
paid and denied UI claims, which is
accomplished through the BAM survey.
The Department’s BAM information
collection authority, under Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) number
SUMMARY:
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1205–0245, is scheduled to expire on
11/30/2012.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
November 5, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Andrew Spisak, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, Room S–
4524, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone
number: 202–693–3196 (this is not a
toll-free number). Individuals with
hearing or speech impairments may
access the telephone number above via
TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–877–
889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693–
3975. Email: spisak.andrew@dol.gov. A
copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
Since 1987, all State Workforce
Agencies (SWAs) except the U.S. Virgin
Islands have been required by regulation
at 20 CFR Part 602 to operate BAM
programs to assess the accuracy of their
UI benefit payments in three programs:
State UI, Unemployment Compensation
for Federal Employees (UCFE), and
Unemployment Compensation for Exservicemembers (UCX). Beginning in
2001, BAM was modified to include the
sampling and investigation of UI claims
denied for monetary, separation, or
nonseparation issues.
BAM is one of the tools the
Department uses to measure and reduce
waste, fraud, and abuse in the UI
program. By investigating small
representative weekly samples of both
paid and denied UI claims, each state is
able to estimate reliably the number and
dollar value of proper and improper
payments; the number of proper and
improper denials of claims for UI
benefits; the rates of occurrence of these
proper and improper payments and
denials; and the error types, error
causes, and the parties that are
responsible for the errors.
Paid Claims Accuracy (PCA). Each
week SWAs select random samples of
both intrastate and interstate original
payments (including combined wage
claims) made for a week of UI benefits
under the State UI, UCX or UCFE
programs. A sample of 360 cases per
year is pulled in the ten states with the
smallest UI program workloads (defined
as the average annual UI weeks paid
during the last five years) and 480 cases
per year in the other states. State BAM
staff audit each selected claim,
examining all aspects of a claimant’s
eligibility to receive UI benefits during
the sampled week. The findings are
entered into an automated database that
is maintained on a computer located in
each state.
Denied Claims Accuracy (DCA). Each
week states select random samples from
three separate sampling frames
constructed from the universes of UI
claims for which eligibility was denied
for monetary, separation and
nonseparation reasons. All states sample
a minimum of 150 cases of each denial
type in each calendar year. State BAM
staff review agency records and contact
claimants, employers, and all other
relevant parties to verify information in
agency records or obtain additional
information pertinent to the
determination that denied eligibility for
UI benefits. Unlike the investigation of
paid claims, in which all prior
determinations affecting claimant
eligibility for the compensated week
selected for the sample are evaluated,
the investigation of denied claims is
limited to the issue upon which the
denial determination is based. The
findings are entered into an automated
database that is maintained on a
computer located in each state.
The Department maintains a database
of each state’s BAM paid and denied
claims cases, minus any personally
identifying information. The
Department uses BAM data to measure
state performance with respect to UI
payment integrity and to meet the
Department’s reporting requirements of
the Improper Payments Information Act
of 2002 (IPIA), the Improper Payments
Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010
(IPERA), and the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
The Department also relies heavily on
BAM data for information on UI
operations, such as claims filing
method, UI wage replacement rates, and
claimant characteristics. The results of
the BAM survey are reported annually
on the ETA web site at the following
link: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/.
II. Review Focus
The Department is particularly
interested in comments which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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 submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: extension without
changes.
Title: Unemployment Insurance
Benefit Accuracy Measurement.
OMB Number: 1205–0245.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies (Primary), individuals,
businesses, and not-for-profit
institutions.
Form(s): BAM State Operations
Handbook (ET Handbook 395, 5th
edition.
Total Annual Respondents: 179,145.2.
Annual Frequency: BAM samples are
selected weekly; the BAM data
collection instrument is updated
continuously as the audits are
conducted.
Average Time per Response: 10.09
hours. This estimate is a weighted
average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 476,013.2.
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: $18,870,582.59.
BAM PCA/DCA DATA ANNUAL COLLECTION BURDEN PER STATE WORKFORCE AGENCY
Paid claims
Cases ...................................................................................
Respondents/Case ...............................................................
Hours/Case ..........................................................................
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Monetary
denied claims
Separation
denied claims
Non-separation
denied claims
150
3.10
7.85
150
3.10
7.85
150
2.6
6.97
457*
4.65
12.59
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907
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BAM PCA/DCA DATA ANNUAL COLLECTION BURDEN PER STATE WORKFORCE AGENCY—Continued
Paid claims
Total Respondents ........................................................
Total Hours ...................................................................
Monetary
denied claims
Separation
denied claims
Non-separation
denied claims
465
1177.5
465
1177.5
390
1045. 5
2125.1
5753.6
Total
3445.10
9154.1
* Average for all 52 State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). The 10 smallest states in terms of UI weeks paid sample at the rate of 360 cases per
year; the other 42 states sample at the rate of 480 cases per year.
52 SWAs × 3,445.1 respondents =
179,145.2 respondents
52 SWAs × 9,154.1 hours = 476,013.2
hours
ANNUAL PCA/DCA TOTAL COST BY RESPONDENT
Cost summary
Paid claims
SWA Staff ........................................................................
Claimants .........................................................................
Employers + 3rd Parties ..................................................
Total All Costs ..........................................................
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this
29th day of August, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
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Administration
Comment Request for the Extension
With Minor Revisions of the
Information Collection for Petition and
Investigative Data Collection
Requirements for the Trade Act of
1974, as Amended (OMB Control
Number 1205–0342)
The Department of Labor
(Department), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps ensure that requested data can be
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Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
November 5, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Caroline Hertel, Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance, Room N–5428,
Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone
number: 202–963–3236 (this is not a
toll-free number). Individuals with
hearing or speech impairments may
access the telephone number above via
TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–877–
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Cost per state
$130,515.84
2,463
5,015.34
137,994.18
provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension,
with minor revisions, of data collections
using the ETA 9042A, Petition for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (1205–0342), its
Spanish translation ETA 9042a (1205–
0342), and its On-Line version ETA
9042A–1 (1205–0342); ETA 9043a,
Business Data Request—Article (1205–
0342); ETA 9043b, Business Data
Request—Service (1205–0342); ETA
8562a, Business Customer Survey
(1205–0342); ETA 8562a, Business
Customer Survey (1205–0342); ETA
85622a-1, Business Second Tier
Customer Survey (1205–0342); ETA–
8562b, Business Bid Survey (1205–
0342); and ETA 9118, Business
Information Request (1205–0342). The
current expiration date is January 31,
2013.
DATES:
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
$201,186.02
3,313.25
20,402.67
224,901.94
Denied claims
$331,701.86
128,076
25,418.01
485,195.87
Cost—52 SWAs
$17,248,497
300,365
1,321,720.67
18,870,582.59
889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693–
3584. Email: Hertel.Caroline@dol.gov. A
copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 221(a) of Title II, Chapter 2 of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by
the Trade Act of 2002, authorizes the
Secretary of Labor (Secretary) and the
governor of each state to accept
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA). The petitions may be filed by a
group of workers, their certified or
recognized union or duly authorized
representative including the employers
of such workers and American Job
Centers, sometimes known locally as
One-Stop Career Centers or by a
different name. ETA Form 9042A,
Petition for Trade Adjustment
Assistance and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance, its Spanish
translation, ETA Form 9042A, Solicitud
De Asistencia Para Ajuste, and the OnLine Petition for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, ETA Form 9042A–1
establish a format that may be used for
filing such petitions.
Sections 222, 223 and 249 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, require
the Secretary to issue a determination
for groups of workers as to their
eligibility to apply for TAA. After
reviewing all of the information
obtained for each petition for TAA filed
with the Department, a determination is
issued as to whether the statutory
criteria for certification are met. The
information collected in ETA Form
9043a, Business Data Request—Article,
ETA Form 9043b, Business Data
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM), Extension Without
Revisions.
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public and Federal
agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps ensure that
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
ETA is soliciting comments concerning the continuation of
collection of data about the accuracy of paid and denied UI claims,
which is accomplished through the BAM survey. The Department's BAM
information collection authority, under Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) number
[[Page 54928]]
1205-0245, is scheduled to expire on 11/30/2012.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before November 5, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Andrew Spisak, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, Room S-4524, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3196 (this is not a
toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may
access the telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax:
202-693-3975. Email: spisak.andrew@dol.gov. A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
office listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Since 1987, all State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) except the U.S.
Virgin Islands have been required by regulation at 20 CFR Part 602 to
operate BAM programs to assess the accuracy of their UI benefit
payments in three programs: State UI, Unemployment Compensation for
Federal Employees (UCFE), and Unemployment Compensation for Ex-
servicemembers (UCX). Beginning in 2001, BAM was modified to include
the sampling and investigation of UI claims denied for monetary,
separation, or nonseparation issues.
BAM is one of the tools the Department uses to measure and reduce
waste, fraud, and abuse in the UI program. By investigating small
representative weekly samples of both paid and denied UI claims, each
state is able to estimate reliably the number and dollar value of
proper and improper payments; the number of proper and improper denials
of claims for UI benefits; the rates of occurrence of these proper and
improper payments and denials; and the error types, error causes, and
the parties that are responsible for the errors.
Paid Claims Accuracy (PCA). Each week SWAs select random samples of
both intrastate and interstate original payments (including combined
wage claims) made for a week of UI benefits under the State UI, UCX or
UCFE programs. A sample of 360 cases per year is pulled in the ten
states with the smallest UI program workloads (defined as the average
annual UI weeks paid during the last five years) and 480 cases per year
in the other states. State BAM staff audit each selected claim,
examining all aspects of a claimant's eligibility to receive UI
benefits during the sampled week. The findings are entered into an
automated database that is maintained on a computer located in each
state.
Denied Claims Accuracy (DCA). Each week states select random
samples from three separate sampling frames constructed from the
universes of UI claims for which eligibility was denied for monetary,
separation and nonseparation reasons. All states sample a minimum of
150 cases of each denial type in each calendar year. State BAM staff
review agency records and contact claimants, employers, and all other
relevant parties to verify information in agency records or obtain
additional information pertinent to the determination that denied
eligibility for UI benefits. Unlike the investigation of paid claims,
in which all prior determinations affecting claimant eligibility for
the compensated week selected for the sample are evaluated, the
investigation of denied claims is limited to the issue upon which the
denial determination is based. The findings are entered into an
automated database that is maintained on a computer located in each
state.
The Department maintains a database of each state's BAM paid and
denied claims cases, minus any personally identifying information. The
Department uses BAM data to measure state performance with respect to
UI payment integrity and to meet the Department's reporting
requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA),
the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA), and
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). The Department also
relies heavily on BAM data for information on UI operations, such as
claims filing method, UI wage replacement rates, and claimant
characteristics. The results of the BAM survey are reported annually on
the ETA web site at the following link: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/.
II. Review Focus
The Department is particularly interested in comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: extension without changes.
Title: Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accuracy Measurement.
OMB Number: 1205-0245.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies (Primary), individuals,
businesses, and not-for-profit institutions.
Form(s): BAM State Operations Handbook (ET Handbook 395, 5th
edition.
Total Annual Respondents: 179,145.2.
Annual Frequency: BAM samples are selected weekly; the BAM data
collection instrument is updated continuously as the audits are
conducted.
Average Time per Response: 10.09 hours. This estimate is a weighted
average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 476,013.2.
Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $18,870,582.59.
BAM PCA/DCA Data Annual Collection Burden per State Workforce Agency
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Monetary Separation Non-separation
Paid claims denied claims denied claims denied claims Total
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Cases........................... 457* 150 150 150 907
Respondents/Case................ 4.65 3.10 3.10 2.6 ..............
Hours/Case...................... 12.59 7.85 7.85 6.97 ..............
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Total Respondents........... 2125.1 465 465 390 3445.10
Total Hours................. 5753.6 1177.5 1177.5 1045. 5 9154.1
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* Average for all 52 State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). The 10 smallest states in terms of UI weeks paid sample at
the rate of 360 cases per year; the other 42 states sample at the rate of 480 cases per year.
52 SWAs x 3,445.1 respondents = 179,145.2 respondents
52 SWAs x 9,154.1 hours = 476,013.2 hours
Annual PCA/DCA Total Cost by Respondent
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Cost summary Paid claims Denied claims Cost per state Cost--52 SWAs
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SWA Staff....................... $201,186.02 $130,515.84 $331,701.86 $17,248,497
Claimants....................... 3,313.25 2,463 128,076 300,365
Employers + 3rd Parties......... 20,402.67 5,015.34 25,418.01 1,321,720.67
Total All Costs............. 224,901.94 137,994.18 485,195.87 18,870,582.59
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Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this 29th day of August,
2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2012-21861 Filed 9-5-12; 8:45 am]
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