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Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: November 21, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2735–104]
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Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments:
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Take notice that the following
application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public
inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: P–2735–104.
c. Date filed: April 18, 2024.
d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (PG&E).
e. Name of Project: Helms Pumped
Storage Project (Helms Project or
project).
f. Location: The existing project is
located approximately 50 miles
northeast of the city of Fresno, on the
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North Fork Kings River and Helms
Creek, in Fresno and Madera Counties,
California. The project currently
occupies 3,346.6 acres of federal land
administered by the U.S. Forest Service,
28.36 acres of federal land managed by
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and
0.07 acre of land managed by the Bureau
of Land Management. The project, if
relicensed with the proposed project
boundary modifications, would occupy
a total of 2,887.7 acres of federal land
administered by the U.S. Forest Service,
28.5 acres of federal land managed by
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and
2.22 acres of land managed by the
Bureau of Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Dave
Gabbard, Vice President Power
Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland,
CA 94612; telephone at (650) 207–9705;
email at David.gabbard@pge.com.
i. FERC Contact: Evan Williams, (202)
502–8462, or email at evan.williams@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: December 21, 2024.1
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file scoping
comments using the Commission’s
eFiling system at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
QuickComment.aspx. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you
may submit a paper copy. Submissions
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. All
filings must clearly identify the project
name and docket number on the first
page: Helms Pumped Storage Project (P–
2735–104).
k. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Project Description: The existing
Helms Project (project) includes: (1) a
132-foot-long, 89-foot-wide, 58.5-foothigh concrete intake-discharge structure
(Courtright Intake-Discharge Structure),
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the due date is the following business day.
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with metal trash racks, in Courtright
Lake; (2) one 4,243-foot-long tunnel
(Tunnel 1) composed of two sections: (a)
a 3,312-foot-long, 27-foot-diameter
concrete-lined section; and (b) a 931foot-long, 22-foot-diameter steel-lined
section; (3) a 32.5-foot-long, 38-footwide, 45-foot-high gatehouse; (4) a 206foot-long, 22-foot-diameter, aboveground steel pipe that connects Tunnel
1 and Tunnel 2; (5) one 9,016-foot-long
tunnel (Tunnel 2) composed of two
sections: (a) a 764-foot-long, 22-footdiameter steel-lined section; and (b) a
8,252-foot-long, 27-foot-diameter
concrete-lined section; (6) a 600-footlong adit of an unknown diameter, with
an adit plug with frame and gate; (7) a
535-foot-high, vertical shaft surge
chamber for Tunnel 2 with a 47-footdiameter lower section and 60-footdiameter upper section, with 12 feet of
the chamber exposed above grade; (8) a
2,205-foot-long penstock composed of
three sections: (a) a 1,070-foot-long, 27foot-diameter concrete-lined section; (b)
a 300-foot-long, 27-foot-diameter
concrete-lined section; and (c) a 330foot-long, 27-foot-diameter concretelined manifold section, that branches
into three, 505-foot-long steel-lined
penstocks, that reduce in diameter from
15.5 feet, to 11.5 feet, to 10.5 feet until
connecting to the turbine-generator; (9)
a 336-foot-long, 83-foot-wide, 125-foothigh excavated rock chamber
underground powerhouse that includes
three, 360-megawatt (MW) vertical
Francis-type pump-turbine units, for a
total installed capacity of 1,080 MW,
and three, vertical indoor generators
with an approximate total nameplate
capacity of 1,212 MW; (10) a 3,727-footlong, 27-foot-diameter concrete-lined
tunnel (Tunnel 3); (11) a 984-foot-tall,
vertical shaft surge chamber for Tunnel
3 with a 27-foot-diameter lower section
and a 44-foot-diameter upper section
that transitions into a 10-foot-diameter
air shaft topped by a 10-foot-tall, 14foot-diameter protective device above
grade; (12) an 88-foot-long, 78-footwide, 51-foot-high concrete intakedischarge structure (Wishon IntakeDischarge Structure), with metal trash
racks, in Lake Wishon; (13) a 220-foot
by- 265-foot above ground, fenced
switchyard; (14) an underground
transformer bank of 10 transformers
with a capacity of 150,000 kilo-voltamperes each; (15) a 3,723-foot-long, 30foot-wide, 25-foot-high powerhouse
access tunnel; and (16) appurtenant
facilities.
Although the project facilities do not
include any dam or reservoir, PG&E
operates the project for power
generation using Courtright Lake (upper
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reservoir) and Lake Wishon (lower
reservoir), impounded by Courtright
Dam and Wishon Dam, respectively,
which are licensed project facilities of
the Hass-Kings River Hydroelectric
Project (Project No. P–1988). Courtright
Lake has a usable storage area of
approximately 123,184 acre-feet and
normal maximum and minimum water
surface elevations of 8,184 feet and
8,050 feet, respectively. Lake Wishon
has a usable storage area of
approximately 128,606 acre-feet and
normal maximum and minimum water
surface elevations of 6,550 feet and
6,428.9 feet, respectively. To generate
power, water is released from Courtright
Lake through the Courtright IntakeDischarge Structure, Tunnel 1, Tunnel
2, and the penstock, into the
powerhouse and is discharged through
Tunnel 3 and the Wishon IntakeDischarge Structure into Lake Wishon.
During periods of low energy demand,
water is pumped through these project
facilities in reverse (i.e., from Lake
Wishon to Courtright Lake).
The project generators are connected
to the regional electric grid by: (1) an
underground transformer bank of 10
transformers with a capacity of 150,000
kilo-volt-amperes each; (2) a 220-foot
by- 265-foot above ground, fenced
switchyard; and (3) a 60.7-mile-long,
double-circuit 230-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line that connects the
Helms switchyard to PG&E’s
interconnection point with the grid at
the non-project Gregg Substation. The
project also includes an approximately
1.8-mile-long, 21-kV distribution line
from the non-project Woodchuck
Substation to the Helms Headquarters
and Helms Powerhouse and an
approximately 2-mile-long, 21-kV
distribution line from the non-project
Woodchuck Substation to the Helms
Support Facility and non-project
Wishon Village Recreational Vehicle
Park.
The project also includes: (1) the
Helms Headquarters facility with
ancillary facilities; (2) the Helms
Support Facility with ancillary
facilities; (3) project recreation facilities
including the: (a) Courtright Boat
Launch; (b) Trapper Springs
Campground; (c) Marmot Rock
Campground; (d) Wee-Mee-Kute Fishing
Access; (e) Wishon Boat Launch; (f) Lily
Pad Campground; (g) Upper Kings River
Group Campground; (h) Wishon Dam
Fishing Access; (i) Short Hair Creek
Fishing Access; (j) Coolidge Meadow
Fishing Access; (k) Helms Picnic Area;
(l) Upper Kings River Fishing Access,
and their ancillary facilities and
amenities; (4) an approximately 80-acre
Wildlife Habitat Management Area; (5)
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three, approximately 87-foot-diameter
asphalt-surfaced helicopter landing
pads; (6) 36.45 miles of non-recreation,
vehicular project roads and trails; and
(7) 1.08 miles of non-recreation,
pedestrian project trails.
Although water is typically released
from Courtright Lake into Lake Wishon
for approximately 6 hours daily to
generate electricity the timeframe can
range from 4- to- 12 hours. The
estimated annual generation from 2015
through 2022 was approximately 745
gigawatt-hours per year.
m. A copy of the application can be
viewed on the Commission’s website at
https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document (P–2735). For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support
(see item j above).
You may also register at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to
be notified via email of new filings and
issuances related to this or other
pending projects. For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support (see item
j above).
n. The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
o. Scoping Process
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
Commission staff intends to prepare
either an environmental assessment
(EA) or an environmental impact
statement (EIS) (collectively referred to
as the ‘‘NEPA document’’) that describes
and evaluates the probable effects,
including an assessment of the sitespecific and cumulative effects, if any,
of the proposed action and alternatives.
The Commission’s scoping process will
help determine the required level of
analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping
requirements, irrespective of whether
the Commission issues an EA or an EIS.
At this time, we do not anticipate
holding an on-site scoping meeting.
Instead, we are soliciting written
comments and suggestions on the
preliminary list of issues and
alternatives to be addressed in the
NEPA document, as described in
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scoping document 1 (SD1), issued
November 21, 2024.
Copies of SD1, which outlines the
subject areas to be addressed in the
NEPA document, were distributed to the
parties on the Commission’s mailing list
and the applicant’s distribution list.
Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the
web at https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions
for accessing information in paragraph
m.
Dated: November 21, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–27968 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP24–516–001]
Amendment To Request Under Blanket
Authorization and Establishing
Intervention and Protest Deadline:
Florida Gas Transmission Company,
LLC
Take notice that on November 7,
2024, Florida Gas Transmission
Company, LLC (FGT), 1300 Main Street,
Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the
above referenced docket, an amendment
to its prior notice request filed in Docket
No. CP24–516–000, pursuant to sections
157.205, 157.208, 157.210, and 157.211
of the Commission’s regulations under
the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and FGT’s
blanket certificate issued in Docket No.
82–553–000 for the Palatka Project
(Project) in Putnam County, Florida.
FGT proposes to relocate the start of the
proposed 12-inch-diameter Georgia
Pacific Loop Lateral, the related aboveground pig launcher, and related
appurtenances approximately 0.14 of a
mile south of the originally proposed
location from milepost (MP) 1.04 on the
north side of SR 20 to approximate MP
0.90 on the south side of SR 20. The
proposed amendment will allow FGT to
address several landowner concerns
related to the Project, all as more fully
set forth in the amendment and prior
notice request which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (https://
www.ferc.gov). From the Commission’s
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2735-104]
Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company
Take notice that the following application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: P-2735-104.
c. Date filed: April 18, 2024.
d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
e. Name of Project: Helms Pumped Storage Project (Helms Project or
project).
f. Location: The existing project is located approximately 50 miles
northeast of the city of Fresno, on the North Fork Kings River and
Helms Creek, in Fresno and Madera Counties, California. The project
currently occupies 3,346.6 acres of federal land administered by the
U.S. Forest Service, 28.36 acres of federal land managed by the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation, and 0.07 acre of land managed by the Bureau of
Land Management. The project, if relicensed with the proposed project
boundary modifications, would occupy a total of 2,887.7 acres of
federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service, 28.5 acres of
federal land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and 2.22 acres
of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Dave Gabbard, Vice President Power
Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 300 Lakeside Drive,
Oakland, CA 94612; telephone at (650) 207-9705; email at
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Evan Williams, (202) 502-8462, or email at
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: December 21, 2024.\1\
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The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the
project name and docket number on the first page: Helms Pumped Storage
Project (P-2735-104).
k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. Project Description: The existing Helms Project (project)
includes: (1) a 132-foot-long, 89-foot-wide, 58.5-foot-high concrete
intake-discharge structure (Courtright Intake-Discharge Structure),
with metal trash racks, in Courtright Lake; (2) one 4,243-foot-long
tunnel (Tunnel 1) composed of two sections: (a) a 3,312-foot-long, 27-
foot-diameter concrete-lined section; and (b) a 931-foot-long, 22-foot-
diameter steel-lined section; (3) a 32.5-foot-long, 38-foot-wide, 45-
foot-high gatehouse; (4) a 206-foot-long, 22-foot-diameter, above-
ground steel pipe that connects Tunnel 1 and Tunnel 2; (5) one 9,016-
foot-long tunnel (Tunnel 2) composed of two sections: (a) a 764-foot-
long, 22-foot-diameter steel-lined section; and (b) a 8,252-foot-long,
27-foot-diameter concrete-lined section; (6) a 600-foot-long adit of an
unknown diameter, with an adit plug with frame and gate; (7) a 535-
foot-high, vertical shaft surge chamber for Tunnel 2 with a 47-foot-
diameter lower section and 60-foot-diameter upper section, with 12 feet
of the chamber exposed above grade; (8) a 2,205-foot-long penstock
composed of three sections: (a) a 1,070-foot-long, 27-foot-diameter
concrete-lined section; (b) a 300-foot-long, 27-foot-diameter concrete-
lined section; and (c) a 330-foot-long, 27-foot-diameter concrete-lined
manifold section, that branches into three, 505-foot-long steel-lined
penstocks, that reduce in diameter from 15.5 feet, to 11.5 feet, to
10.5 feet until connecting to the turbine-generator; (9) a 336-foot-
long, 83-foot-wide, 125-foot-high excavated rock chamber underground
powerhouse that includes three, 360-megawatt (MW) vertical Francis-type
pump-turbine units, for a total installed capacity of 1,080 MW, and
three, vertical indoor generators with an approximate total nameplate
capacity of 1,212 MW; (10) a 3,727-foot-long, 27-foot-diameter
concrete-lined tunnel (Tunnel 3); (11) a 984-foot-tall, vertical shaft
surge chamber for Tunnel 3 with a 27-foot-diameter lower section and a
44-foot-diameter upper section that transitions into a 10-foot-diameter
air shaft topped by a 10-foot-tall, 14-foot-diameter protective device
above grade; (12) an 88-foot-long, 78-foot-wide, 51-foot-high concrete
intake-discharge structure (Wishon Intake-Discharge Structure), with
metal trash racks, in Lake Wishon; (13) a 220-foot by- 265-foot above
ground, fenced switchyard; (14) an underground transformer bank of 10
transformers with a capacity of 150,000 kilo-volt-amperes each; (15) a
3,723-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, 25-foot-high powerhouse access tunnel;
and (16) appurtenant facilities.
Although the project facilities do not include any dam or
reservoir, PG&E operates the project for power generation using
Courtright Lake (upper
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reservoir) and Lake Wishon (lower reservoir), impounded by Courtright
Dam and Wishon Dam, respectively, which are licensed project facilities
of the Hass-Kings River Hydroelectric Project (Project No. P-1988).
Courtright Lake has a usable storage area of approximately 123,184
acre-feet and normal maximum and minimum water surface elevations of
8,184 feet and 8,050 feet, respectively. Lake Wishon has a usable
storage area of approximately 128,606 acre-feet and normal maximum and
minimum water surface elevations of 6,550 feet and 6,428.9 feet,
respectively. To generate power, water is released from Courtright Lake
through the Courtright Intake-Discharge Structure, Tunnel 1, Tunnel 2,
and the penstock, into the powerhouse and is discharged through Tunnel
3 and the Wishon Intake-Discharge Structure into Lake Wishon. During
periods of low energy demand, water is pumped through these project
facilities in reverse (i.e., from Lake Wishon to Courtright Lake).
The project generators are connected to the regional electric grid
by: (1) an underground transformer bank of 10 transformers with a
capacity of 150,000 kilo-volt-amperes each; (2) a 220-foot by- 265-foot
above ground, fenced switchyard; and (3) a 60.7-mile-long, double-
circuit 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that connects the Helms
switchyard to PG&E's interconnection point with the grid at the non-
project Gregg Substation. The project also includes an approximately
1.8-mile-long, 21-kV distribution line from the non-project Woodchuck
Substation to the Helms Headquarters and Helms Powerhouse and an
approximately 2-mile-long, 21-kV distribution line from the non-project
Woodchuck Substation to the Helms Support Facility and non-project
Wishon Village Recreational Vehicle Park.
The project also includes: (1) the Helms Headquarters facility with
ancillary facilities; (2) the Helms Support Facility with ancillary
facilities; (3) project recreation facilities including the: (a)
Courtright Boat Launch; (b) Trapper Springs Campground; (c) Marmot Rock
Campground; (d) Wee-Mee-Kute Fishing Access; (e) Wishon Boat Launch;
(f) Lily Pad Campground; (g) Upper Kings River Group Campground; (h)
Wishon Dam Fishing Access; (i) Short Hair Creek Fishing Access; (j)
Coolidge Meadow Fishing Access; (k) Helms Picnic Area; (l) Upper Kings
River Fishing Access, and their ancillary facilities and amenities; (4)
an approximately 80-acre Wildlife Habitat Management Area; (5) three,
approximately 87-foot-diameter asphalt-surfaced helicopter landing
pads; (6) 36.45 miles of non-recreation, vehicular project roads and
trails; and (7) 1.08 miles of non-recreation, pedestrian project
trails.
Although water is typically released from Courtright Lake into Lake
Wishon for approximately 6 hours daily to generate electricity the
timeframe can range from 4- to- 12 hours. The estimated annual
generation from 2015 through 2022 was approximately 745 gigawatt-hours
per year.
m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document (P-2735). For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support (see item j above).
You may also register at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support (see item j above).
n. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
o. Scoping Process
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
Commission staff intends to prepare either an environmental assessment
(EA) or an environmental impact statement (EIS) (collectively referred
to as the ``NEPA document'') that describes and evaluates the probable
effects, including an assessment of the site-specific and cumulative
effects, if any, of the proposed action and alternatives. The
Commission's scoping process will help determine the required level of
analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of
whether the Commission issues an EA or an EIS. At this time, we do not
anticipate holding an on-site scoping meeting. Instead, we are
soliciting written comments and suggestions on the preliminary list of
issues and alternatives to be addressed in the NEPA document, as
described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued November 21, 2024.
Copies of SD1, which outlines the subject areas to be addressed in
the NEPA document, were distributed to the parties on the Commission's
mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may
be viewed on the web at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary''
link. Follow the directions for accessing information in paragraph m.
Dated: November 21, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
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