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Notices Federal Register

78821 

Vol. 85, No. 235 

Monday, December 7, 2020 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 2, 2020. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding: Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by January 6, 2021 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website 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. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Title: Advanced Biofuel Payment 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0063. 

Summary of Collection: Section 9005 

of Title IX of the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) 

authorizes Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service (RBS) to enter into contracts to 

make payments to eligible entities to 

support and ensure an expanding 

production of advanced biofuels. To 

receive payments under the Program, 

eligible entities are producers of 

advanced biofuels that meet all of the 

requirements of the Program. Eligible 

entities can be an individual or legal 

entity, including a corporation, 

company, foundation, association, labor 

organization, firm, partnership, society, 

joint stock company, group of 

organizations, or non-profit that 

produces an advanced biofuel and that 

sells the advanced biofuel on the 

commercial market. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Advanced biofuel producers seeking to 

participate in the Program must enroll 

in the Program by submitting an 

application (Form RD 4288–1), which 

includes specific information about the 

producer and the producer’s advanced 

biofuel biorefineries. This information 

will be used to determine whether the 

advanced biofuel producer is eligible to 

participate in the Program and whether 

the advanced biofuel being produced is 

eligible for payments under the 

Program. Form RD 4288–1 will also be 

used by the Agency to sign-up advance 

biofuel producers in subsequent fiscal 

years (FY) and to obtain information to 

help determine payment rates. 

Once an advanced biofuel producer 

has been approved for participation in 

the Program, the producer and the 

Agency will enter into a contract (Form 

RD 4288–2). Once the contract is signed, 

the advanced biofuel producer will 

submit payment requests (Form RD– 

4288–3), preferably on a quarterly basis. 

The information in the payment request 

forms will be used by the Agency to 

determine payments to the advanced 

biofuel producers. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 206. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Quarterly, Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,339. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket No. RBS–20–BUSINESS–0035] 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

for Inviting Applications for the 

Intermediary Relending Program for 

Fiscal Year 2021 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice is to invite 

applications under the Intermediary 

Relending Program (IRP) for fiscal year 

(FY) 2021, subject to availability of 

funding. This Notice is being issued in 

order to allow applicants enough time to 

leverage financing, prepare and submit 

their applications, and give the Agency 

time to process applications within FY 

2021. The Agency anticipates a 

forthcoming IRP rulemaking that will 

incorporate the program statutory 

requirements established in the 

Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 

(2018 Farm Bill) and will improve and 

streamline process and efficiency in 

program administration. 

Successful applications will be 

selected by the Agency for funding and 

subsequently awarded to the extent that 

funding may ultimately be made 

available through appropriations. An 

announcement on the website at https:// 

www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/fy2021- 

appropriated-funding will identify the 

amount received in the appropriations. 

All applicants are responsible for any 

expenses incurred in developing their 

applications. 

DATES: The deadlines for completed 

applications to be received in the USDA 

Rural Development State Office for 

quarterly funding competitions is no 

later than 4:30 p.m. (local time) on: First 

Quarter—September 30, 2020, Second 

Quarter—December 31, 2020, Third 

Quarter—March 31, 2021 and Fourth 

Quarter—June 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Applications must be 

submitted to the USDA Rural 


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Development State Office for the state 

where the project is located. 

Applications may be submitted in paper 

or electronic format to the appropriate 

Rural Development State Office and 

must be received by 4:30 p.m. local time 

on the deadline date(s). Applicants are 

encouraged to contact their respective 

Rural Development State Office for an 

email contact to submit an electronic 

application prior to the submission 

deadline date(s). A list of the USDA 

Rural Development State Office contacts 

can be found at: https://

www.rd.usda.gov/page/state-offices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori 

Hood at (202) 720–9815, lori.hood@

usda.gov or David Chestnut at (202) 

692–5233, david.chestnut@usda.gov, 

Program Management Division, 

Business Programs, Rural BusinessCooperative Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, MS 3226, Room 4202–S, 

Washington, DC 20250–3226, or call 

(202) 720–1400. For further information 

on this notice, please contact the USDA 

Rural Development State Office in the 

State in which the applicant’s 

headquarters is located. A list of Rural 

Development State Office contacts is 

provided at the following link: https:// 

www.rd.usda.gov/page/state-offices. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview 

Solicitation Opportunity Type: 

Intermediary Relending Program. 

Announcement Type: Solicitation of 

Applications for FY 2021 funds. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 10.767. 

Dates: Applications are received on a 

continuous basis and compete for 

available funds on a quarterly basis. To 

compete for regular IRP funds, 

applications must be received in the 

USDA Rural Development State Office 

no later than 4:30 p.m. (local time) on: 

First Quarter—September 30, 2020, 

Second Quarter—December 31, 2020, 

Third Quarter—March 31, 2021 and 

Fourth Quarter—June 30, 2021. 

Set-Aside Funding Dates: The Further 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 

(Pub. L. 116–94) authorized set-aside 

funding to projects and intermediaries 

serving Federally-Recognized Native 

American Tribes, for Mississippi Delta 

Region Counties (as determined in 

accordance with Pub. L. 100–460). 

Eligible applicants for the set-aside 

funds must demonstrate that at least 75 

percent of the benefits of an approved 

loan in this program will assist ultimate 

recipients in the designated areas. The 

completed application deadline for the 

Federally Recognized Native American 

Tribes and Mississippi Delta Region 

Counties projects is May 31, 2021. 

Completed applications for the Rural 

Empowerment Zone/Enterprise 

Communities/Rural Economic Area 

Partnership projects must be submitted 

by July 15, 2021. 

A. Program Description 

1. Purpose of the Program. The 

purpose of the program is to provide 

direct loans to intermediaries that 

establish revolving loan programs for 

the purpose of providing loans to 

ultimate recipients for business facilities 

and community developments in a rural 

area as outlined in 7 CFR 4274.301(b). 

All applicable program requirements in 

their entirety can be found at 7 CFR part 

4274 subpart D. 

2. Statutory Authority. This program 

is authorized under the Consolidated 

Farm and Rural Development Act 

(ConAct) (7 U.S.C. 1936b et seq.) and 7 

CFR part 4274, subpart D. Awards under 

the IRP program will be made on a 

competitive basis using specific 

selection criteria contained in 7 CFR 

4274.344(c). 

3. Definition of Terms. The definitions 

applicable to this notice are published 

at 7 CFR 4274.302(a). 

4. Application Awards. The Agency 

will review, evaluate and score 

applications received in response to this 

notice based on the provisions found in 

7 CFR 4274.343 and 4274.344, subpart 

D, and as indicated in this notice. 

However, the Agency advises that all 

interested parties bear the burden in 

preparing and submitting an application 

in response to the notice whether or not 

funding is appropriated for this Program 

in FY 2021. 

B. Federal Award Information 

Type of Award: Loan. 

Fiscal Year Funds: FY 2021. 

Available Funds: Anyone interested 

in submitting an application for funding 

under this Program is encouraged to 

consult the Rural Development Notices 

of Solicitation of Applications website 

at: http://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/ 

notices-solicitation-applications-nosas. 

Maximum Award: The Agency 

anticipates a maximum award of $1 

Million for eligible Intermediaries 

submitting a loan request. 

Anticipated Award Dates—Regular 

Funding: First Quarter—November 30, 

2020, Second Quarter—February 28, 

2021, Third Quarter—May 31, 2021, 

Fourth Quarter—August 31, 2021. 

Anticipated Award Date—Federally 

Recognized Native American Tribes and 

Mississippi Delta Region Counties 

Funding: June 15, 2021. 

Anticipated Award Date— 

Empowerment Zones/Enterprise 

Communities/Rural Economic Area 

Partnership Funding: August 1, 2021. 

Renewal or Supplemental Awards: 

None. 

C. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

Loans may be made to any entity that 

is identified by USDA Rural 

Development as an eligible borrower in 

accordance with 7 CFR 4274.307. 

2. Cost Share or Matching 

The IRP revolving fund share of the 

eligible project cost of an ultimate 

recipient’s project funded under this 

Notice shall not exceed the lesser of: (a) 

$250,000, or (b) 75 per cent of the total 

cost of the ultimate recipient’s project 

for which the loan is being made. The 

cost share requirement shall be met by 

the intermediary in accordance with the 

requirements specified in 7 CFR 

4274.331(b). 

3. Other 

Applications will only be accepted 

from eligible intermediaries that 

establish, or have established, revolving 

loan programs for the purpose of 

providing loans to ultimate recipients 

for business facilities and community 

developments in a rural area. 

There are no ‘‘responsiveness’’ or 

‘‘threshold’’ eligibility criteria for these 

loans. However, not more than one loan 

will be approved by the Agency for an 

intermediary in any single fiscal year 

unless the additional request is from 

this program’s set-aside funding. 

4. Completeness Eligibility 

Applications will not be considered 

for funding if they do not provide 

enough information to determine 

eligibility, are not suitable for 

evaluation or are missing required 

elements as stated in 7 CFR 4274.343. 

D. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

For further information, entities 

wishing to apply for assistance should 

contact the USDA Rural Development 

State Office provided in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice, to obtain copies 

of the application package and also are 

encouraged to contact their respective 

Rural Development State office for an 

email contact so submit an electronic 

application prior to the submission 

deadline date(s). Please note that 

applicants may locate the downloadable 

application package for this program by 


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the Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number, which is 10.767. 

All applicants must have a Dun and 

Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number which can be 

obtained at no cost via a toll-free request 

line at 1–866–705–5711 or online at 

http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. 

2. Content and Form of Submission 

An application must contain all the 

required elements and each selection 

priority criterion outlined in 7 CFR 

4274.343 must be addressed in the 

application. An original copy of the 

application must be filed with a Rural 

Development State Office for the state 

where the Intermediary is located. 

The applicant documentation and 

forms needed for a complete application 

are located in 7 CFR 4274.343 There are 

no specific formats or limitations on the 

number of pages required for an 

application narrative, and applicants 

may request any Agency forms and 

addresses from the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. Any form that requires an 

original signature, but is signed 

electronically in the application 

submission, must be signed in ink by 

the authorized person prior to the 

disbursement of funds. 

3. Submission Dates and Times 

Applications must be in the USDA 

Rural Development State Office by the 

dates and times as indicated above to 

compete for available funds in that 

fiscal quarter. If the due date falls on a 

Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, the 

application is due the next business 

day. The Agency will determine the 

application receipt date based on the 

actual date postmarked. 

E. Application Review Information 

1. Criteria 

All eligible and complete applications 

will be evaluated and scored based on 

the selection criteria and weights 

contained in 7 CFR 4274.344(c). Failure 

to address any one of the criteria by the 

application deadline will result in the 

application being determined ineligible, 

and the application will not be 

considered for funding. 

2. Review and Selection Process 

The Rural Development State Offices 

will review applications to determine if 

they are eligible for assistance based on 

the requirements contained in 7 CFR 

part 4274, subpart D. If determined 

eligible, your application will be 

submitted to the National Office for 

funding competition with all eligible 

applications received by the application 

deadline. The Agency Administrator 

reserves the right to award additional 

discretionary points under 7 CFR 

4274.344(c)(6). 

In order to distribute funds among the 

greatest number of projects possible, 

applications will be reviewed, organized 

and funded by ranking each state’s 

highest-scoring project in order from 

highest to lowest subject for competition 

with ranked applications from other 

states for the available funding. 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

1. Federal Award Notices 

Successful applicants will receive 

notification for funding from the USDA 

Rural Development State Office. 

Applicants must comply with all 

applicable statutes and regulations 

before the loan award will be approved. 

An eligible application competing for 

regular IRP funds, but not selected, will 

be reconsidered in three subsequent 

quarterly funding competitions, for a 

total of four competitions, provided the 

application and eligibility requirements 

have not changed. After competing in 

four quarterly competitions, any 

unsuccessful applicant for regular funds 

will receive written notification 

indicating that their application will no 

longer be considered for funding. 

Applicants competing for set-aside 

funding have only one application 

period per fiscal year. Unsuccessful 

applicants for set-aside funding will 

receive written notification indicating 

that their application was not 

successful. An unsuccessful applicant 

for set-aside funding may elect, in 

writing, to submit their project for IRP 

regular fund competitions commencing 

with the next quarterly application 

period. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Additional requirements that apply to 

intermediaries selected for this Program 

can be found in 7 CFR part 4274, 

subpart D. All successful applicants will 

be notified by letter which will include 

a Letter of Conditions, and a Letter of 

Intent to Meet Conditions, which are not 

approval determinations. The loan will 

be considered approved when all 

conditions in the Letter of Conditions 

have been met and the Agency obligates 

the funding for the Project. 

In addition, all recipients of Federal 

financial assistance are required to 

report information about first-tier subawards and executive compensation 

(see 2 CFR part 170). You will be 

required to have the necessary processes 

and systems in place to comply with the 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109– 

282) reporting requirements (see 2 CFR 

170.200(b), unless you are exempt under 

2 CFR 170.110(b)). 

Intermediaries must collect and 

maintain data provided by Ultimate 

Recipients on race, sex, and national 

origin and ensure Ultimate Recipients 

collect and maintain this data. Race and 

ethnicity data will be collected in 

accordance with OMB Federal Register 

notice, ‘‘Revisions to the Standards for 

the Classification of Federal Data on 

Race and Ethnicity’’ (62 FR 58782), 

October 30, 1997. Sex data will be 

collected in accordance with Title IX of 

the Education Amendments of 1972. 

These items should not be submitted 

with the application but should be 

available upon request by the Agency. 

The applicant and the Ultimate 

Recipient must comply with Title VI of 

the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of 

the Education Amendments of 1972, 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, 

Executive Order 12250, Executive Order 

13166 Limited English Proficiency 

(LEP), and 7 CFR part 1901, subpart E. 

G. Other Information 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the information 

collection requirement contained in this 

notice is approved by OMB under OMB 

Control Number 0570–0070. 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act 

All applicants, in accordance with 2 

CFR part 25, must have a DUNS 

number, which can be obtained at no 

cost via a toll-free request line at (866) 

705–5711 or online at http://

fedgov.dnb.com/webform. All recipients 

of Federal financial assistance are 

required to report information about 

first-tier sub-awards and executive total 

compensation in accordance with 2 CFR 

part 170. 

Nondiscrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) civil rights 

regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA Programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 


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civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TTY) or contact USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at http://

www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_

cust.html and at any USDA office or 

write a letter addressed to USDA and 

provide in the letter all of the 

information requested in the form. To 

request a copy of the complaint form, 

call (866) 632–9992. Submit your 

completed complaint form or complaint 

letter to USDA by: 

(1) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; or 

(2) Email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Rebeckah Adcock, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; American Community Survey 

Methods Panel Tests 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on November 

17, 2017 (Vol. 82, No. 221, p. 54317– 

54320) during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: American Community Survey 

Methods Panel Tests: Regional Office 

internet Letter Test and Initial Mailing 

Pressure Seal Test. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0936. 

Form Number(s): ACS–1, ACS 

internet, ACS CAPI. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Request for a Nonsubstantive Change of 

a Currently Approved Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 182,400. 

Average Hours per Response: 40 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: No additional burden 

hours are requested under this 

submission. 

Needs and Uses: The American 

Community Survey (ACS) collects 

detailed socioeconomic data from about 

3.5 million housing units in the United 

States and 36,000 in Puerto Rico each 

year. The ACS also collects detailed 

socioeconomic data from about 195,000 

residents living in group quarters. 

Residents of sampled housing units are 

invited to self-respond to the ACS 

through a series of up to five mailings, 

sent over a period of approximately six 

and a half weeks. The Census Bureau 

selects a subsample of the housing units 

that do not respond by internet, mail, or 

through the Telephone Questionnaire 

Assistance (TQA). This subsample of 

housing units is assigned to the 

Computer-Assisted Personal Interview 

(CAPI) nonresponse follow-up data 

collection mode. During CAPI, field 

representatives call or visit these 

subsampled addresses to attempt to 

complete an interview. 

An ongoing data collection effort with 

an annual sample of this magnitude 

requires that the ACS continue research, 

testing, and evaluations aimed at 

reducing respondent burden, improving 

data quality, reducing data collection 

costs, and improving the ACS 

questionnaire content and related data 

collection materials. The ACS Methods 

Panel is a research program designed to 

address and respond to issues and 

survey needs. This request documents 

two Methods Panel tests: The Initial 

Mailing Pressure Seal Test and the 

Regional Office internet Letter Test. 

The Initial Mailing Pressure Seal Test 

is designed to test the use of a pressure 

seal mailer in the first mailing sent to 

sampled housing units. The purpose of 

the test is to understand the effect on 

self-response of sending a pressure seal 

mailer instead of the initial mail 

package that is currently sent. Evidence 

from mailings sent in 2020 suggest that 

the pressure seal mailer may be more 

effective at soliciting an internet 

response than a mail package containing 

a letter, brochure, and instruction card. 

However, several confounding factors 

could have caused an increase in selfresponse other than the mail type. First, 

the 2020 Census was conducting the 

nonresponse follow-up operation and 

advertising about the importance of 

responding to the 2020 Census, which 

some respondents confuse with the 

ACS. Second, the initial mail package 

lets respondents know that if they are 

unable to complete the survey online, 

then we will send a paper questionnaire 

in a few weeks. This message was 

omitted from the pressure seal mailer. 

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, 

we were unable to mail paper ACS 

questionnaires to all nonresponding 

households. We theorize that telling 

respondents that they will have another 

opportunity to respond later delays 

response. Finally, the internet User ID 

in the initial mail package is included 

on the instruction card, not in the letter. 

In the pressure seal mailer, the User ID 

is included very clearly in a call-out 

box. We theorize that making the log-in 

instructions clear and easy to find 

increases internet response. 

The proposed test will include four 

experimental treatments and a control: 

An initial mail package (control), a 

modified initial mail package, and three 

variations of the pressure seal mailer. 

Addresses not part of the test will 

receive the initial mail package. The 

experimental design of this test allows 

the Census Bureau to assess the impact 

of using a pressure seal mailer instead 

of an initial mail package and how 

information about a paper questionnaire 

being mailed impacts response rates. 

To field this test, the Census Bureau 

plans to use the ACS production sample 

(clearance number: 0607–0810). Thus, 

there is no increase in burden from this 

test since each treatment will include 

the same number of mailings and result 

in the same burden estimate per 

interview (40 minutes). The Census 

Bureau proposes this test to be 

conducted in late spring or summer of 

2021 (pending operational constraints) 

and adhere to the same data collection 

protocols as production ACS. 

The ACS sample design randomly 

assigns housing units in each monthly 

sample panel to one of 24 groups of 

approximately 12,000 addresses each. 

Each group, called a methods panel 

group, is representative of the full 

monthly sample. Each monthly sample 

is a representative subsample of the 


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