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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 573
[Docket No. FDA–2018–F–3347]
Food Additives Permitted in Feed and
Drinking Water of Animals; Chromium
Propionate
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Final rule.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA, we, or the
Agency) is amending the regulations for
food additives permitted in feed and
drinking water of animals to provide for
the safe use of chromium propionate as
a source of supplemental chromium in
horse feed. This action is in response to
a food additive petition filed by Kemin
Industries, Inc.
DATES: This rule is effective March 13,
2020. See section V of this document for
further information on the filing of
objections. Submit either electronic or
written objections and requests for a
hearing on the final rule by April 13,
2020.
SUMMARY:
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You may submit objections
and requests for a hearing as follows.
Please note that late, untimely filed
objections will not be considered.
Electronic objections must be submitted
on or before April 13, 2020. The https://
www.regulations.gov electronic filing
system will accept comments until
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of
April 13, 2020. Objections received by
mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/
paper submissions) will be considered
timely if they are postmarked or the
delivery service acceptance receipt is on
or before that date.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic objections in the
following way:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting objections.
Objections submitted electronically,
including attachments, to https://
www.regulations.gov will be posted to
the docket unchanged. Because your
objection will be made public, you are
solely responsible for ensuring that your
objection does not include any
confidential information that you or a
third party may not wish to be posted,
such as medical information, your or
anyone else’s Social Security number, or
confidential business information, such
as a manufacturing process. Please note
that if you include your name, contact
information, or other information that
identifies you in the body of your
objection, that information will be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
• If you want to submit an objection
with confidential information that you
do not wish to be made available to the
public, submit the objection as a
written/paper submission and in the
manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as
follows:
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for
written/paper submissions): Dockets
Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and
Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
• For written/paper objections
submitted to the Dockets Management
Staff, FDA will post your objection, as
well as any attachments, except for
information submitted, marked and
identified, as confidential, if submitted
as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket No. FDA–
2018–F–3347 for ‘‘Food Additives
Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water
of Animals; Chromium Propionate.’’
Received objections, those filed in a
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timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be
placed in the docket and, except for
those submitted as ‘‘Confidential
Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
https://www.regulations.gov or at the
Dockets Management Staff between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
• Confidential Submissions—To
submit an objection with confidential
information that you do not wish to be
made publicly available, submit your
objections only as a written/paper
submission. You should submit two
copies in total. One copy will include
the information you claim to be
confidential with a heading or cover
note that states ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT
CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION.’’ The Agency will
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If you do not wish your name and
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available, you can provide this
information on the cover sheet and not
in the body of your objections and you
must identify this information as
‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked
as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed
except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20
and other applicable disclosure law. For
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of comments to public dockets, see 80
FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access
the information at: https://
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Docket: For access to the docket to
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chelsea Cerrito, Center for Veterinary
Medicine, Food and Drug
Administration, 7519 Standish Pl.
(HFV–224), Rockville, MD 20855, 240–
402–6729, Chelsea.Cerrito@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In a document published in the
Federal Register of October 2, 2018 (83
FR 49508), FDA announced that we had
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filed a food additive petition (animal
use) (FAP 2306) submitted by Kemin
Industries, Inc., 1900 Scott Ave., Des
Moines, IA 50317. The petition
proposed that the regulations for food
additives permitted in feed and drinking
water of animals be amended to provide
for the safe use of chromium propionate
as a source of supplemental chromium
in horse feed.
II. Conclusion
FDA concludes that the data establish
the safety and utility of chromium
propionate as a source of supplemental
chromium in horse feed and that the
food additive regulations should be
amended as set forth in this document.
III. Public Disclosure
In accordance with § 571.1(h) (21 CFR
571.1(h)), the petition and documents
we considered and relied upon in
reaching our decision to approve the
petition will be made available for
public disclosure (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). As provided in
§ 571.1(h), we will delete from the
documents any materials that are not
available for public disclosure.
IV. Analysis of Environmental Impact
The Agency has carefully considered
the potential environmental impact of
this action and has concluded that the
action will not have a significant impact
on the human environment and that an
environmental impact statement is not
required. FDA’s finding of no significant
impact and the evidence supporting that
finding, contained in an environmental
assessment, may be seen in the Dockets
Management Staff (see ADDRESSES)
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
V. Objections and Hearing Requests
Any person who will be adversely
affected by this regulation may file with
the Dockets Management Staff (see
ADDRESSES) either electronic or written
objections. Each objection shall be
separately numbered, and each
numbered objection shall specify with
particularity the provision of the
regulation to which objection is made
and the grounds for the objection. Each
numbered objection on which a hearing
is requested shall specifically so state.
Failure to request a hearing for any
particular objection shall constitute a
waiver of the right to a hearing on that
objection. Each numbered objection for
which a hearing is requested shall
include a detailed description and
analysis of the specific factual
information intended to be presented in
support of the objection in the event
that a hearing is held. Failure to include
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such a description and analysis for any
particular objection shall constitute a
waiver of the right to a hearing on the
objection.
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 573
Animal feeds, Food additives.
Therefore, under the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under
authority delegated to the Commissioner
of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 573 is
amended as follows:
PART 573—FOOD ADDITIVES
PERMITTED IN FEED AND DRINKING
WATER OF ANIMALS
1. The authority citation for part 573
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.
2. In § 573.304, revise paragraphs (b),
(c), (d)(3), and (e)(2)(ii) to read as
follows:
■
§ 573.304
Chromium propionate.
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(b) The additive is added to feed as
follows:
(1) In complete feed for broiler
chickens at a level not to exceed 0.2
milligrams (mg) of chromium from
chromium propionate per kilogram feed.
(2) In feed for horses at a level not to
exceed an intake of 4 mg of chromium
from chromium propionate per horse
per day.
(c) The additive meets the following
specifications:
(1) Total chromium content, 8 to 10
percent.
(2) Hexavalent chromium content,
less than 2 parts per million (ppm).
(3) Arsenic, less than 1 ppm.
(4) Cadmium, less than 1 ppm.
(5) Lead, less than 0.5 ppm.
(6) Mercury, less than 0.5 ppm.
(7) Viscosity, not more than 2,000
centipoise.
(d) * * *
(3) Chromium from all sources of
supplemental chromium cannot exceed:
(i) A level of 0.2 ppm in complete
feed for broiler chickens.
(ii) An intake of 4 mg per horse per
day.
(e) * * *
(2) * * *
(ii) Adequate directions for use and
cautions for use including these
statements: ‘‘Caution: Follow label
directions’’ and consistent with the
directions for use, the following:
(A) For feed for broiler chickens,
‘‘Chromium from all sources of
supplemental chromium cannot exceed
0.2 parts per million of the complete
feed for broiler chickens.’’
(B) For feed for horses, ‘‘Chromium
from all sources of supplemental
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chromium cannot exceed 4 milligrams
per horse per day.’’
Dated: March 6, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020–04988 Filed 3–12–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
II. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
26 CFR Part 300
On October 13, 2016, the Treasury
Department and the IRS published in
the Federal Register (81 FR 70654) a
notice of proposed rulemaking (REG–
108934–16) relating to the user fees
charged for processing offers in
compromise under section 7122 and
§ 301.7122–1. The notice of proposed
rulemaking proposed to increase the fee
under 26 CFR 300.3 for processing an
offer in compromise from $186 to $300,
effective for offers in compromise
submitted on or after February 27, 2017.
Under the notice of proposed
rulemaking, offers based on doubt as to
liability and offers from low-income
taxpayers, as defined in § 300.3(b)(1)(ii),
would continue to be excepted from a
user fee. As explained in the notice of
proposed rulemaking, the proposed user
fee (even after the increase) was
substantially less than the full cost to
the IRS of providing this service and the
OMB has granted an exception to the
full-cost requirement.
[TD 9894]
RIN 1545–BN38
User Fees for Offers in Compromise
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulation.
AGENCY:
This document contains the
final regulations that provide user fees
for offers in compromise. The final
regulations affect taxpayers who wish to
pay their Federal tax liabilities through
offers in compromise.
DATES:
Effective date: These regulations are
effective on April 27, 2020.
Applicability date: These regulations
apply to offers in compromise submitted
on or after April 27, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Concerning the regulations, Jordan L.
Thomas at (202) 317–5437; concerning
cost methodology, Michael Weber, at
(202) 803–9738 (not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
This document contains amendments
to the User Fee Regulations under 26
CFR part 300 regarding user fees
charged for processing offers in
compromise submitted in accordance
with section 7122 of the Internal
Revenue Code (Code) and § 301.7122–1
of the Procedure and Administration
Regulations.
I. Authority To Charge User Fees
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agencies to impose user fees for services
that confer a special benefit to
identifiable recipients beyond those
accruing to the general public. The
agency must calculate the full cost of
providing those benefits, and, in
general, the amount of a user fee should
recover the full cost of providing the
service, unless the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) grants
an exception under the OMB Circular.
The Independent Offices
Appropriations Act of 1952 (IOAA),
which is codified at 31 U.S.C. 9701,
authorizes Federal agencies, including
the IRS, to prescribe regulations
establishing user fees for services
provided by the agency. Regulations
prescribing user fees are subject to the
policies of the President, which are
currently set forth in the Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–25
(OMB Circular), 58 FR 38142 (July 15,
1993). The OMB Circular allows
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III. The Taxpayer First Act
Section 1102 of the Taxpayer First
Act, Public Law 116–25, 133 Stat. 981,
986 (2019), which was enacted on July
1, 2019, added paragraph (3) to section
7122(c). Section 7122(c)(3) exempts
certain low-income taxpayers from
payment of the offer in compromise user
fee otherwise required in connection
with the submission of an offer in
compromise. These low-income
taxpayers are individuals with adjusted
gross income, as determined for the
most recent taxable year for which such
information is available, which does not
exceed 250 percent of the applicable
poverty level (as determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury or his
delegate). Section 1102(b) of the
Taxpayer First Act provides that section
7122(c)(3) ‘‘shall apply to offers-incompromise submitted after the date of
the enactment of this Act,’’ that is, offers
in compromise submitted after July 1,
2019.
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Summary of Comments and
Explanation of Revisions
I. Overview
In response to the notice of proposed
rulemaking, four comments were
received. One comment requested a
public hearing, which was held on
December 16, 2016. At the hearing, the
Treasury Department and the IRS
received testimony from two speakers
from one organization who shared the
allotted speaking time.
After careful consideration of the
comments and hearing testimony, the
Treasury Department and the IRS have
made some modifications to the
proposed regulations, including
nonsubstantive editorial changes to the
text of § 300.3(b)(2)(ii).
Specifically, in response to the
comments and testimony received, the
final regulations provide a more limited
increase of the user fee under § 300.3 for
processing an offer in compromise from
$186 to $205, a 10 percent increase.
This more limited increase is effective
for offers in compromise submitted on
or after April 27, 2020. The $205 user
fee remains substantially less than the
full cost to the IRS of providing this
service. As required by the IOAA and
the OMB Circular, the IRS will continue
to biennially review the user fee, and
the Treasury Department and the IRS
will adjust and increase the fee as
appropriate.
The final regulations also continue to
except offers based on doubt as to
liability from a user fee, and expand the
definition of low-income taxpayer
consistent with section 7122(c)(3) to
help reduce the burden on taxpayers.
This Treasury Decision adopts the
proposed regulations, as modified.
II. First Comment
The first comment suggested that the
user fee for processing an offer in
compromise should either remain at
$186 or be lowered. In support of this
recommendation, the comment stated
that ‘‘[t]he service that the IRS provides
does not make a large enough financial
dent to justify hurting those who need
this service with larger fees.’’ As noted
more fully in the notice of proposed
rulemaking, the full cost to the IRS for
an offer in compromise in 2016 was
$2,450. As required by the IOAA and
the OMB Circular, the IRS recently
completed its 2019 biennial review of
the offer in compromise program and
determined that the full cost of an offer
in compromise was $2,374.
When an offer in compromise is
accepted, the user fee is either applied
against the amount to be paid under the
offer or refunded to the taxpayer if the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 573
[Docket No. FDA-2018-F-3347]
Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals;
Chromium Propionate
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or the Agency) is
amending the regulations for food additives permitted in feed and
drinking water of animals to provide for the safe use of chromium
propionate as a source of supplemental chromium in horse feed. This
action is in response to a food additive petition filed by Kemin
Industries, Inc.
DATES: This rule is effective March 13, 2020. See section V of this
document for further information on the filing of objections. Submit
either electronic or written objections and requests for a hearing on
the final rule by April 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit objections and requests for a hearing as
follows. Please note that late, untimely filed objections will not be
considered. Electronic objections must be submitted on or before April
13, 2020. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will
accept comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of April 13,
2020. Objections received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/
paper submissions) will be considered timely if they are postmarked or
the delivery service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic objections in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting objections. Objections submitted
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your objection will be
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your
objection does not include any confidential information that you or a
third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical information,
your or anyone else's Social Security number, or confidential business
information, such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you
include your name, contact information, or other information that
identifies you in the body of your objection, that information will be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
If you want to submit an objection with confidential
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public,
submit the objection as a written/paper submission and in the manner
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').
Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for written/paper
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
For written/paper objections submitted to the Dockets
Management Staff, FDA will post your objection, as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified,
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No.
FDA-2018-F-3347 for ``Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking
Water of Animals; Chromium Propionate.'' Received objections, those
filed in a
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timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket and, except
for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable
at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management Staff
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Confidential Submissions--To submit an objection with
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly
available, submit your objections only as a written/paper submission.
You should submit two copies in total. One copy will include the
information you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note
that states ``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The
Agency will review this copy, including the claimed confidential
information, in its consideration of objections. The second copy, which
will have the claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out,
will be available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Submit both copies to the Dockets Management
Staff. If you do not wish your name and contact information to be made
publicly available, you can provide this information on the cover sheet
and not in the body of your objections and you must identify this
information as ``confidential.'' Any information marked as
``confidential'' will not be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR
10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. For more information about
FDA's posting of comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September
18, 2015, or access the information at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper objections received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane,
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Cerrito, Center for Veterinary
Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl. (HFV-224),
Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-6729, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In a document published in the Federal Register of October 2, 2018
(83 FR 49508), FDA announced that we had filed a food additive petition
(animal use) (FAP 2306) submitted by Kemin Industries, Inc., 1900 Scott
Ave., Des Moines, IA 50317. The petition proposed that the regulations
for food additives permitted in feed and drinking water of animals be
amended to provide for the safe use of chromium propionate as a source
of supplemental chromium in horse feed.
II. Conclusion
FDA concludes that the data establish the safety and utility of
chromium propionate as a source of supplemental chromium in horse feed
and that the food additive regulations should be amended as set forth
in this document.
III. Public Disclosure
In accordance with Sec. 571.1(h) (21 CFR 571.1(h)), the petition
and documents we considered and relied upon in reaching our decision to
approve the petition will be made available for public disclosure (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). As provided in Sec. 571.1(h), we
will delete from the documents any materials that are not available for
public disclosure.
IV. Analysis of Environmental Impact
The Agency has carefully considered the potential environmental
impact of this action and has concluded that the action will not have a
significant impact on the human environment and that an environmental
impact statement is not required. FDA's finding of no significant
impact and the evidence supporting that finding, contained in an
environmental assessment, may be seen in the Dockets Management Staff
(see ADDRESSES) between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
V. Objections and Hearing Requests
Any person who will be adversely affected by this regulation may
file with the Dockets Management Staff (see ADDRESSES) either
electronic or written objections. Each objection shall be separately
numbered, and each numbered objection shall specify with particularity
the provision of the regulation to which objection is made and the
grounds for the objection. Each numbered objection on which a hearing
is requested shall specifically so state. Failure to request a hearing
for any particular objection shall constitute a waiver of the right to
a hearing on that objection. Each numbered objection for which a
hearing is requested shall include a detailed description and analysis
of the specific factual information intended to be presented in support
of the objection in the event that a hearing is held. Failure to
include such a description and analysis for any particular objection
shall constitute a waiver of the right to a hearing on the objection.
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 573
Animal feeds, Food additives.
Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part
573 is amended as follows:
PART 573--FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FEED AND DRINKING WATER OF
ANIMALS
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1. The authority citation for part 573 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.
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2. In Sec. 573.304, revise paragraphs (b), (c), (d)(3), and (e)(2)(ii)
to read as follows:
Sec. 573.304 Chromium propionate.
* * * * *
(b) The additive is added to feed as follows:
(1) In complete feed for broiler chickens at a level not to exceed
0.2 milligrams (mg) of chromium from chromium propionate per kilogram
feed.
(2) In feed for horses at a level not to exceed an intake of 4 mg
of chromium from chromium propionate per horse per day.
(c) The additive meets the following specifications:
(1) Total chromium content, 8 to 10 percent.
(2) Hexavalent chromium content, less than 2 parts per million
(ppm).
(3) Arsenic, less than 1 ppm.
(4) Cadmium, less than 1 ppm.
(5) Lead, less than 0.5 ppm.
(6) Mercury, less than 0.5 ppm.
(7) Viscosity, not more than 2,000 centipoise.
(d) * * *
(3) Chromium from all sources of supplemental chromium cannot
exceed:
(i) A level of 0.2 ppm in complete feed for broiler chickens.
(ii) An intake of 4 mg per horse per day.
(e) * * *
(2) * * *
(ii) Adequate directions for use and cautions for use including
these statements: ``Caution: Follow label directions'' and consistent
with the directions for use, the following:
(A) For feed for broiler chickens, ``Chromium from all sources of
supplemental chromium cannot exceed 0.2 parts per million of the
complete feed for broiler chickens.''
(B) For feed for horses, ``Chromium from all sources of
supplemental
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chromium cannot exceed 4 milligrams per horse per day.''
Dated: March 6, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-04988 Filed 3-12-20; 8:45 am]
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