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Total estimated burden hour/cost for
Alternate I of GSAR clause 552.238–80,
Industrial Funding Fee and Sales
Reporting.
Initial Setup.
Total estimated annual burden hours:
34,328
Total estimated annual cost burden:
$2,832,506.26
Monthly Reporting.
Total estimated annual burden hours:
170,412
Total estimated annual cost burden:
$10,007,231.69
Total estimated annual burden hour/
cost for 552.216–70, Economic Price
Adjustment—FSS Multiple Award
Schedule Contracts (Deviation II).
Estimated # of responses per year: 461
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
4.25
Total estimated annual burden hours:
1,959.25
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$161,663.60
Total estimated annual burden hour/
cost for Alternate I of GSAR clause
552.238–81, Price Reductions.
Estimated # of responses per year: 25
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
4.25
Total estimated annual burden hours:
106
Estimated cost per hour**: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$8,775.00
Total estimated annual burden hour/
cost for GSAR clause 552.238–83,
Examination of Records by GSA.
Estimated # of respondents per year: 8
Estimated burden hours per respondent:
× 455
Total estimated annual burden hours:
3,640
Estimated cost per hour**: × $82.51
Total estimated annual cost burden:
$300,347.32
Total estimated annual burden hour/
cost for GSAR clause 552.238–85,
Contractor’s Billing Responsibilities, is
0 burden hours/$0.00 burden cost. The
reason for zero burden being associated
with this clause is because the record
keeping requirement contained in this
clause does not add any additional
burden to what is already captured by
Alternate I of GSAR clause 552.238–80,
Industrial Funding Fee and Sales
Reporting, which is covered by this
information collection.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour/
Cost
The total estimated annual burden
hour/cost imposed by this information
collection is as follows:
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Total estimated annual burden hours
FSS contracts: 210,446
Non-FSS contracts: 72,858
Total estimated annual burden hour:
281,344
Total estimated annual cost burden
FSS contracts: $13,310,515.87
Non-FSS contracts: $4,955,632.19
Total estimated annual cost burden:
$18,104,484.46
C. Public Comments
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register at 87 FR 51418 on
August 22, 2022. In response, GSA
received a letter from the Coalition for
Government Procurement (the
Coalition). The following is a summary
of the letter:
1. Comment: The Coalition supports
the TDR program and generally agrees
with GSA’s assessment of the burden
associated with the renewal of this
information collection.
Response: GSA appreciates the
Coalition’s support of the TDR program
and its assessment of the burden for this
renewal.
2. Comment: The Coalition believes
GSA underestimates the average burden
of automated reporting in both absolute
time required and the complexity of the
process. Specifically, the Coalition
believes the estimated burden for
automated reporting should be 10 hours.
Response: GSA believes the estimated
hours for automated reporting is valid
given TDR imposes a progressive
burden—one that increases with a
contractor’s sales volume. Namely,
reporting time increases with a
contractor’s applicable sales volume, so
contractors with lower to no reportable
sales will spend little time on monthly
reporting, while those contractors with
more reportable sales may have a higher
reporting burden, such as the suggested
10 hours.
3. Comment: The Coalition
recommends GSA expand the use of
TDR as an option across the MAS
Program and provide further guidance
and training on the use of TDR data.
Response: GSA anticipates expanding
the use of TDR as an option across the
MAS program as well as providing any
additional guidance and training as part
of any such expansion.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division,
by calling 202–501–4755 or emailing
GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite
‘‘Information Collection 3090–0306,
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Transactional Data Reporting’’, in all
correspondence.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) reapprove the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance
Component.’’
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on September 6th, 2022 and
allowed 60 days for public comment.
AHRQ received no substantive
comments from members of the public
during this period. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days
for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain . Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey—
Insurance Component
In 2021 employer-sponsored health
insurance was the source of coverage for
90.5 million current and former
workers, plus many of their family
members, and is a cornerstone of the
U.S. health care system. The Medical
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Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance
Component (MEPS–IC) measures the
extent, cost, and coverage of employersponsored health insurance on an
annual basis. These statistics are
produced at the National, State, and
sub-State (metropolitan area) level for
private industry. Statistics are also
produced for State and Local
governments.
This research has the following goals:
(1) to provide data for Federal
policymakers evaluating the effects of
National and State health care reforms.
(2) to provide descriptive data on the
current employer-sponsored health
insurance system and data for modeling
the differential impacts of proposed
health policy initiatives.
(3) to supply critical State and
National estimates of health insurance
spending for the National Health
Accounts and Gross Domestic Product.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through the Bureau of the
Census, pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory
authority to conduct and support
research on healthcare and on systems
for the delivery of such care, including
activities with respect to the cost and
use of health care services and with
respect to health statistics and surveys.
42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(3) and (8); 42 U.S.C.
299b–2.
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the
following data collections for both
private sector and state and local
government employers will be
implemented:
(1) Prescreener Questionnaire—The
purpose of the Prescreener
Questionnaire, which is collected via
telephone, varies depending on the
insurance status of the establishment
contacted (establishment is defined as a
single, physical location in the private
sector and a governmental unit in state
and local governments). For
establishments that do not offer health
insurance to their employees, the
prescreener is used to collect basic
information such as number of
employees. Collection is completed for
these establishments through this
telephone call. For establishments that
do offer health insurance, contact name
and address information is collected
that is used for the mailout of the
establishment and plan questionnaires.
Obtaining this contact information helps
ensure that the questionnaires are
directed to the person in the
establishment best equipped to
complete them.
(2) Establishment Questionnaire—The
purpose of the mailed Establishment
Questionnaire is to obtain general
information from employers that
provide health insurance to their
employees. Information such as total
active enrollment in health insurance,
other employee benefits, demographic
characteristics of employees, and retiree
health insurance is collected through
the establishment questionnaire.
(3) Plan Questionnaire—The purpose
of the mailed Plan Questionnaire is to
collect plan-specific information on
each plan (up to four plans) offered by
establishments that provide health
insurance to their employees. This
questionnaire obtains information on
total premiums, employer and employee
contributions to the premium, and plan
enrollment for each type of coverage
offered—single, employee-plus-one, and
family—within a plan. It also asks for
information on deductibles, copays, and
other plan characteristics.
The primary objective of the MEPS–
IC is to collect information on employersponsored health insurance. Such
information is needed in order to
provide the tools for Federal, State, and
academic researchers to evaluate current
and proposed health policies and to
support the production of important
statistical measures for other Federal
agencies.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondent’s time to participate in the
MEPS–IC. The Prescreener
questionnaire will be completed by
25,200 respondents and takes 5 minutes
to complete. The Establishment
questionnaire will be completed by
21,738 respondents and takes 20
minutes to complete. The Plan
questionnaire will be completed by
19,246 respondents and will require an
average of 2.3 responses per respondent.
Each Plan questionnaire takes 11
minutes to complete. The total
annualized burden hours are estimated
to be 17,461 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden associated with
the respondents’ time to participate in
this data collection. The annualized cost
burden is estimated to be $619,691.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS FOR THE 2023–2025 MEPS–IC
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
burden
hours
Hours per
response
Prescreener Questionnaire ............................................................................
Establishment Questionnaire .........................................................................
Plan Questionnaire ........................................................................................
25,200
21,738
19,246
1
1
2.3
5/60
* 20/60
11/60
2,100
7,246
8,115
Total ........................................................................................................
66,184
na
na
17,461
* The burden estimate printed on the establishment questionnaire is 45 minutes which includes the burden estimate for completing the establishment questionnaire and two plan questionnaires (on average, each establishment completes 2.3 plan questionnaires). The establishment and
plan questionnaires are sent to the respondent as a package and are completed by the respondent at the same time.
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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN FOR THE 2023–2025 MEPS–IC
Number of
respondents
Form name
Prescreener Questionnaire ..............................................................................
Establishment Questionnaire ...........................................................................
Plan Questionnaire ..........................................................................................
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Total
burden
hours
25,200
21,738
19,246
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7,246
8,115
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Average
hourly
wage rate *
35.49
35.49
35.49
Total
cost
burden
$74,529
257,161
288,001
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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN FOR THE 2023–2025 MEPS–IC—Continued
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total ..........................................................................................................
66,184
Total
burden
hours
17,461
Average
hourly
wage rate *
na
Total
cost
burden
619,691
* Based upon the mean hourly wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists occupation code 13–1141, at https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131141.htm (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.)
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520,
comments on AHRQ’s information
collection are requested with regard to
any of the following: (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ’s health care research and health
care information dissemination
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: November 14, 2022.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10227]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information (including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow
60 days for public comment on the
proposed action. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding our
burden estimates or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including
the necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions,
the accuracy of the estimated burden,
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected, and the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology to minimize the
information collection burden.
DATES: Comments must be received by
January 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please
reference the document identifier or
OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in
any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send your
comments electronically to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) that are accepting
comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development,
Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number: ll, Room C4–26–05,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, please access the CMS PRA
website by copying and pasting the
following web address into your web
browser: https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the
use and burden associated with the
following information collections. More
detailed information can be found in
each collection’s supporting statement
and associated materials (see
ADDRESSES).
CMS–10227 PACE State Plan
Amendment Preprint
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
requires federal agencies to publish a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this
notice.
Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: PACE State Plan
Amendment Preprint; Use: If a state
elects to offer PACE as an optional
Medicaid benefit, it must complete a
state plan amendment preprint packet
described as ‘‘Enclosures 3, 4, 5, 6, and
7.’’ CMS will review the information
provided in order to determine if the
state has properly elected to cover PACE
services as a state plan option. In the
event that the state changes something
in the state plan, only the affected page
must be updated. Form Number: CMS–
10227 (OMB control number: 0938–
1027); Frequency: Once and
occasionally; Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments; Number
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) reapprove the proposed information
collection project: ``Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance
Component.''
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on September 6th, 2022 and allowed 60 days for
public comment. AHRQ received no substantive comments from members of
the public during this period. The purpose of this notice is to allow
an additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain . Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component
In 2021 employer-sponsored health insurance was the source of
coverage for 90.5 million current and former workers, plus many of
their family members, and is a cornerstone of the U.S. health care
system. The Medical
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Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) measures the
extent, cost, and coverage of employer-sponsored health insurance on an
annual basis. These statistics are produced at the National, State, and
sub-State (metropolitan area) level for private industry. Statistics
are also produced for State and Local governments.
This research has the following goals:
(1) to provide data for Federal policymakers evaluating the effects
of National and State health care reforms.
(2) to provide descriptive data on the current employer-sponsored
health insurance system and data for modeling the differential impacts
of proposed health policy initiatives.
(3) to supply critical State and National estimates of health
insurance spending for the National Health Accounts and Gross Domestic
Product.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through the Bureau of the
Census, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and support
research on healthcare and on systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to the cost and use of health care
services and with respect to health statistics and surveys. 42 U.S.C.
299a(a)(3) and (8); 42 U.S.C. 299b-2.
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the following data collections
for both private sector and state and local government employers will
be implemented:
(1) Prescreener Questionnaire--The purpose of the Prescreener
Questionnaire, which is collected via telephone, varies depending on
the insurance status of the establishment contacted (establishment is
defined as a single, physical location in the private sector and a
governmental unit in state and local governments). For establishments
that do not offer health insurance to their employees, the prescreener
is used to collect basic information such as number of employees.
Collection is completed for these establishments through this telephone
call. For establishments that do offer health insurance, contact name
and address information is collected that is used for the mailout of
the establishment and plan questionnaires. Obtaining this contact
information helps ensure that the questionnaires are directed to the
person in the establishment best equipped to complete them.
(2) Establishment Questionnaire--The purpose of the mailed
Establishment Questionnaire is to obtain general information from
employers that provide health insurance to their employees. Information
such as total active enrollment in health insurance, other employee
benefits, demographic characteristics of employees, and retiree health
insurance is collected through the establishment questionnaire.
(3) Plan Questionnaire--The purpose of the mailed Plan
Questionnaire is to collect plan-specific information on each plan (up
to four plans) offered by establishments that provide health insurance
to their employees. This questionnaire obtains information on total
premiums, employer and employee contributions to the premium, and plan
enrollment for each type of coverage offered--single, employee-plus-
one, and family--within a plan. It also asks for information on
deductibles, copays, and other plan characteristics.
The primary objective of the MEPS-IC is to collect information on
employer-sponsored health insurance. Such information is needed in
order to provide the tools for Federal, State, and academic researchers
to evaluate current and proposed health policies and to support the
production of important statistical measures for other Federal
agencies.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondent's time to participate in the MEPS-IC. The Prescreener
questionnaire will be completed by 25,200 respondents and takes 5
minutes to complete. The Establishment questionnaire will be completed
by 21,738 respondents and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Plan
questionnaire will be completed by 19,246 respondents and will require
an average of 2.3 responses per respondent. Each Plan questionnaire
takes 11 minutes to complete. The total annualized burden hours are
estimated to be 17,461 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden associated
with the respondents' time to participate in this data collection. The
annualized cost burden is estimated to be $619,691.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours for the 2023-2025 MEPS-IC
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Prescreener Questionnaire...................... 25,200 1 5/60 2,100
Establishment Questionnaire.................... 21,738 1 * 20/60 7,246
Plan Questionnaire............................. 19,246 2.3 11/60 8,115
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Total...................................... 66,184 na na 17,461
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* The burden estimate printed on the establishment questionnaire is 45 minutes which includes the burden
estimate for completing the establishment questionnaire and two plan questionnaires (on average, each
establishment completes 2.3 plan questionnaires). The establishment and plan questionnaires are sent to the
respondent as a package and are completed by the respondent at the same time.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden for the 2023-2025 MEPS-IC
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Average
Form name Number of Total burden hourly wage Total cost
respondents hours rate * burden
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Prescreener Questionnaire....................... 25,200 2,100 35.49 $74,529
Establishment Questionnaire..................... 21,738 7,246 35.49 257,161
Plan Questionnaire.............................. 19,246 8,115 35.49 288,001
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Total....................................... 66,184 17,461 na 619,691
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* Based upon the mean hourly wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists occupation code 13-
1141, at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131141.htm (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.)
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520, comments on AHRQ's information collection are requested with
regard to any of the following: (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of AHRQ's health
care research and health care information dissemination functions,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of AHRQ's estimate of burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information upon
the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: November 14, 2022.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
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