This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 984 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–11–0062; FV11–984–1 

PR] 

Walnuts Grown in California; Increased 

Assessment Rate 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule would increase the 

assessment rate established for the 

California Walnut Board (Board) for the 

2011–12 and subsequent marketing 

years from $0.0174 to $0.0175 per 

kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts. The Board locally administers 

the marketing order which regulates the 

handling of walnuts grown in 

California. Assessments upon walnut 

handlers are used by the Board to fund 

reasonable and necessary expenses of 

the program. The marketing year begins 

September 1 and ends August 31. The 

assessment rate would remain in effect 

indefinitely unless modified, 

suspended, or terminated. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 15, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments 

concerning this rule. Comments must be 

sent to the Docket Clerk, Marketing 

Order Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 

0237, Washington, DC 20250–0237; Fax: 

(202) 720–8938; or Internet: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Comments should 

reference the document number and the 

date and page number of this issue of 

the Federal Register and will be 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of the Docket Clerk during regular 

business hours, or can be viewed at: 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

rule will be included in the record and 

will be made available to the public. 

Please be advised that the identity of the 

individuals or entities submitting the 

comments will be made public on the 

Internet at the address provided above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Smutny, Marketing Specialist, or Kurt J. 

Kimmel, Regional Manager, California 

Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order 

Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA; 

Telephone: (559) 487–5901, Fax: (559) 

487–5906, or E-mail: 

Jeffrey.Smutny@ams.usda.gov or 

Kurt.Kimmel@ams.usda.gov. 

Small businesses may request 

information on complying with this 

regulation by contacting Laurel May, 

Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Stop 0237, Washington, 

DC 20250–0237; Telephone: (202) 720– 

2491, Fax: (202) 720–8938, or E-mail: 

Laurel.May@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule 

is issued under Marketing Order No. 

984, as amended (7 CFR part 984), 

regulating the handling of walnuts 

grown in California, hereinafter referred 

to as the ‘‘order.’’ The order is effective 

under the Agricultural Marketing 

Agreement Act of 1937, as amended 

(7 U.S.C. 601–674), hereinafter referred 

to as the ‘‘Act.’’ 

The Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is issuing this rule in 

conformance with Executive Order 

12866. 

This rule has been reviewed under 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. Under the marketing order now 

in effect, California walnut handlers are 

subject to assessments. Funds to 

administer the order are derived from 

such assessments. It is intended that the 

assessment rate as proposed herein 

would be applicable to all assessable 

walnuts beginning on September 1, 

2011, and continue until amended, 

suspended, or terminated. 

The Act provides that administrative 

proceedings must be exhausted before 

parties may file suit in court. Under 

section 608c(15)(A) of the Act, any 

handler subject to an order may file 

with USDA a petition stating that the 

order, any provision of the order, or any 

obligation imposed in connection with 

the order is not in accordance with law 

and request a modification of the order 

or to be exempted therefrom. Such 

handler is afforded the opportunity for 

a hearing on the petition. After the 

hearing, USDA would rule on the 

petition. The Act provides that the 

district court of the United States in any 

district in which the handler is an 

inhabitant, or has his or her principal 

place of business, has jurisdiction to 

review USDA’s ruling on the petition, 

provided an action is filed not later than 

20 days after the date of the entry of the 

ruling. 

This rule would increase the 

assessment rate established for the 

Board for the 2011–12 and subsequent 

marketing years from $0.0174 to $0.0175 

per kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts. 

The California walnut marketing 

order provides authority for the Board, 

with the approval of USDA, to formulate 

an annual budget of expenses and 

collect assessments from handlers to 

administer the program. The members 

of the Board are growers and handlers 

of California walnuts. They are familiar 

with the Board’s needs and with the 

costs for goods and services in their 

local area and are thus in a position to 

formulate an appropriate budget and 

assessment rate. The assessment rate is 

formulated and discussed in a public 

meeting. Thus, all directly affected 

persons have an opportunity to 

participate and provide input. 

For the 2010–11 and subsequent 

marketing years, the Board 

recommended, and USDA approved, an 

assessment rate of $0.0174 per 

kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts that would continue in effect 

from year to year unless modified, 

suspended, or terminated by USDA 

upon recommendation and information 

submitted by the Board or other 

information available to USDA. 

The Board met on June 9, 2011, and 

unanimously recommended 2011–12 

expenditures of $7,402,450 and an 

assessment rate of $0.0175 per 

kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts. In comparison, last year’s 

budgeted expenditures were $6,812,000. 

The assessment rate of $0.0175 is 

$0.0001 per pound higher than the rate 

currently in effect. The quantity of 

assessable walnuts for the 2011–12 

marketing year is estimated at 470,000 

tons (inshell), which is 35,000 tons 

more than the 435,000 during the 2010– 

11 marketing year. At the recommended 

higher assessment rate of $0.0175 per 

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collect approximately $7,402,500 in 

assessment income, which would be 

adequate to cover its 2011–12 budgeted 

expenses of $7,402,450. 

The following table compares major 

budget expenditures recommended by 

the Board for the 2010–11 and 2011–12 

marketing years: 

Budget expense categories 2010–11 2011–12 

Employee Expenses ........................................................................................................................................ $577,500 $693,500 

Travel/Board Expenses/Annual Audit .............................................................................................................. 208,000 218,000 

Office Expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 118,850 117,750 

Program Expenses Including Research: 

Controlled Purchases ............................................................................................................................... 20,000 20,000 

Crop Acreage Survey ............................................................................................................................... 95,000 95,000 

Crop Estimate ........................................................................................................................................... 105,000 115,000 

Production Research Director .................................................................................................................. 88,500 88,500 

Production Research ................................................................................................................................ 1,042,000 1,036,000 

Sustainability Project ................................................................................................................................ 0 25,000 

Grades and Standards Research ............................................................................................................. 125,000 150,000 

Block Grant Research .............................................................................................................................. 0 200,000 

Domestic Market Development ................................................................................................................ 4,400,000 4,635,000 

Reserve for Contingency .......................................................................................................................... 32,250 8,700 

The assessment rate recommended by 

the Board was derived by dividing 

anticipated expenses by expected 

shipments of California walnuts 

certified as merchantable. The 470,000 

ton (inshell) estimate for merchantable 

shipments is an average of the two prior 

years’ shipments. The Board met on 

June 9, 2011, and unanimously 

approved using a two prior years’ 

average to formulate the 2011–12 

estimate. Pursuant to § 984.51(b) of the 

order, this figure is converted to a 

merchantable kernelweight basis using a 

factor of 0.45 (470,000 tons × 2,000 

pounds per ton × 0.45), which yields 

423,000,000 kernelweight pounds. At 

$0.0175 per pound, the new assessment 

rate should generate $7,402,500 in 

assessment income and allow the Board 

to cover its expenses. 

Section 984.69 of the order authorizes 

the Board to maintain a financial reserve 

of not more than two years’ budgeted 

expenses. Excess assessment funds may 

be retained in the reserve or may be 

used temporarily to defray expenses of 

the subsequent marketing year, but if so 

used, must be made available to the 

handlers from whom they were 

collected within five months after the 

end of the marketing year. 

The proposed assessment rate would 

continue in effect indefinitely unless 

modified, suspended, or terminated by 

USDA upon recommendation and 

information submitted by the Board or 

other available information. 

Although this assessment rate is 

effective for an indefinite period, the 

Board will continue to meet prior to or 

during each marketing year to 

recommend a budget of expenses and 

consider recommendations for 

modification of the assessment rate. The 

dates and times of Board meetings are 

available from the Board or USDA. 

Board meetings are open to the public 

and interested persons may express 

their views at these meetings. USDA 

would evaluate Board recommendations 

and other available information to 

determine whether modification of the 

assessment rate is needed. Further 

rulemaking would be undertaken as 

necessary. The Board’s 2011–12 budget 

and those for subsequent marketing 

years would be reviewed and, as 

appropriate, approved by USDA. 

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Pursuant to requirements set forth in 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) has 

considered the economic impact of this 

action on small entities. Accordingly, 

AMS has prepared this initial regulatory 

flexibility analysis. 

The purpose of the RFA is to fit 

regulatory actions to the scale of 

business subject to such actions in order 

that small businesses will not be unduly 

or disproportionately burdened. 

Marketing orders issued pursuant to the 

Act, and the rules issued thereunder, are 

unique in that they are brought about 

through group action of essentially 

small entities acting on their own 

behalf. 

There are approximately 4,500 

growers of California walnuts in the 

production area and approximately 74 

handlers subject to regulation under the 

marketing order. Small agricultural 

producers are defined by the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) (13 CFR 

121.201) as those having annual receipts 

of less than $750,000, and small 

agricultural service firms are defined as 

those having annual receipts of less than 

$7,000,000. 

According to the 2007 Census of 

Agriculture, approximately 89 percent 

of California’s walnut farms were 

smaller than 100 acres. 

USDA’s National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) reports that 

the average yield for the 2010–11 crop 

was 2.22 tons per acre. NASS also 

reported the average price received for 

the 2010–11 crop was $2,110 per ton. 

A 100-acre farm with an average yield 

of 2.22 tons per acre would therefore 

have been expected to produce about 

222 tons of walnuts during 2010–11. At 

$2,110 per ton, that farm’s production 

would have had an approximate value 

of $468,420. Assuming that the majority 

of California’s walnut farms are smaller 

than 100 acres, it could be concluded 

that the majority of the growers had 

receipts of less than $468,420 in 2010– 

11, which is well below the SBA 

threshold of $750,000. Thus, the 

majority of California’s walnut growers 

would be considered small growers 

according to SBA’s definition. 

According to information supplied by 

the industry, approximately two-thirds 

of California’s walnut handlers shipped 

merchantable walnuts valued under 

$7,000,000 during the 2010–11 

marketing year and would therefore be 

considered small handlers according to 

the SBA definition. 

This rule would increase the 

assessment rate established for the 

Board and collected from handlers for 

the 2011–12 and subsequent marketing 

years from $0.0174 to $0.0175 per 

kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts. The Board unanimously 

recommended 2011–12 expenditures of 

$7,402,450 and an assessment rate of 

$0.0175 per kernelweight pound of 

assessable walnuts. The proposed 

assessment rate of $0.0175 is $0.0001 

higher than the 2010–11 rate. The 

quantity of assessable walnuts for the 

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470,000 tons inshell weight, or 

423,000,000 pounds kernelweight. 

Thus, the $0.0175 rate should provide 

$7,402,500 in assessment income and be 

adequate to meet this year’s expenses. 

The increased assessment rate is 

primarily due to increased budget 

expenditures. 

The following table compares major 

budget expenditures recommended by 

the Board for the 2010–11 and 2011–12 

marketing years: 

Budget expense categories 2010–11 2011–12 

Employee Expenses ........................................................................................................................................ $577,500 $693,500 

Travel/Board Expenses/Annual Audit .............................................................................................................. 208,000 218,000 

Office Expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 118,850 117,750 

Program Expenses Including Research: 

Controlled Purchases ............................................................................................................................... 20,000 20,000 

Crop Acreage Survey ............................................................................................................................... 95,000 95,000 

Crop Estimate ........................................................................................................................................... 105,000 115,000 

Production Research Director .................................................................................................................. 88,500 88,500 

Production Research ................................................................................................................................ 1,042,000 1,036,000 

Sustainability Project ................................................................................................................................ 0 25,000 

Grades and Standards Research ............................................................................................................. 125,000 150,000 

Block Grant Research .............................................................................................................................. 0 200,000 

Domestic Market Development ................................................................................................................ 4,400,000 4,635,000 

Reserve for Contingency .......................................................................................................................... 32,250 8,700 

The Board reviewed and unanimously 

recommended 2011–12 expenditures of 

$7,402,450. Prior to arriving at this 

budget, the Board considered alternative 

expenditure levels but ultimately 

decided that the recommended levels 

were reasonable to properly administer 

the order. The assessment rate of 

$0.0175 per kernelweight pound of 

assessable walnuts was derived by 

dividing anticipated expenses of 

$7,402,450 by expected shipments of 

California walnuts certified as 

merchantable. Merchantable shipments 

for the year are estimated at 423,000,000 

pounds, which should provide 

$7,402,500 in assessment income and 

allow the Board to cover its expenses. 

Unexpended funds may be retained in 

a financial reserve, provided that funds 

in the financial reserve do not exceed 

approximately two years’ budgeted 

expenses. If not retained in a financial 

reserve, unexpended funds may be used 

temporarily to defray expenses of the 

subsequent marketing year, but must be 

made available to the handlers from 

whom collected within 5 months after 

the end of the year, according to 

§ 984.69 of the order. 

According to NASS, the season 

average grower prices for the years 2009 

and 2010 were $1,710 and $2,110 per 

ton, respectively. These prices provide a 

range within which the 2011–12 season 

average price could fall. Dividing these 

average grower prices by 2,000 pounds 

per ton provides an inshell price per 

pound range of $0.86 to $1.06. Dividing 

these inshell prices per pound by the 

0.45 conversion factor (inshell to 

kernelweight) established in the order 

yields a 2011–12 price range estimate of 

$1.91 to $2.36 per kernelweight pound 

of assessable walnuts. 

To calculate the percentage of grower 

revenue represented by the assessment 

rate, the assessment rate of $0.0175 per 

kernelweight pound is divided by the 

low and high estimates of the price 

range. The estimated assessment 

revenue for the 2011–12 marketing year 

as a percentage of total grower revenue 

will thus likely range between .74 and 

.92 percent. 

This action would increase the 

assessment obligation imposed on 

handlers. While assessments impose 

some additional costs on handlers, the 

costs are minimal and uniform on all 

handlers. Some of the additional costs 

may be passed on to growers. However, 

these costs would be offset by the 

benefits derived by the operation of the 

marketing order. In addition, the 

Board’s meeting was widely publicized 

throughout the California walnut 

industry, and all interested persons 

were invited to attend the meeting and 

participate in Board deliberations on all 

issues. Like all Board meetings, the June 

9, 2011, meeting was a public meeting 

and all entities, both large and small, 

were able to express views on this issue. 

Finally, interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on this proposed rule, 

including the regulatory and 

informational impacts of this action on 

small businesses. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), the order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0178 (Walnuts 

Grown in California). No changes in 

those requirements as a result of this 

action are necessary. Should any 

changes become necessary, they would 

be submitted to OMB for approval. 

This proposed rule would impose no 

additional reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements on either small or large 

California walnut handlers. As with all 

Federal marketing order programs, 

reports and forms are periodically 

reviewed to reduce information 

requirements and duplication by 

industry and public sector agencies. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the Internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

USDA has not identified any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with this rule. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

MarketingOrderSmallBusinessGuide. 

Any questions about the compliance 

guide should be sent to Laurel May at 

the previously mentioned address in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

A 30-day comment period is provided 

to allow interested persons to respond 

to this proposed rule. Thirty days is 

deemed appropriate because: (1) The 

2011–12 marketing year begins on 

September 1, 2011, and the marketing 

order requires that the rate of 

assessment for each marketing year 

apply to all assessable walnuts handled 

during the year; (2) the Board needs to 

have sufficient funds to pay its 

expenses, which are incurred on a 

continuous basis; and (3) handlers are 

aware of this action, which was 

unanimously recommended by the 

Board at a public meeting and is similar 

to other assessment rate actions issued 

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List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 984 

Marketing agreements, Nuts, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Walnuts. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 984 is proposed to 

be amended as follows: 

PART 984—WALNUTS GROWN IN 

CALIFORNIA 

1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 984 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

2. Section 984.347 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 984.347 Assessment rate. 

On and after September 1, 2011, an 

assessment rate of $0.0175 per 

kernelweight pound is established for 

California merchantable walnuts. 

Dated: August 10, 2011. 

David R. Shipman, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20788 Filed 8–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–0868; Directorate 

Identifier 2011–CE–027–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; SOCATA 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

SOCATA Model TBM 700 Airplanes. 

This proposed AD results from 

mandatory continuing airworthiness 

information (MCAI) originated by an 

aviation authority of another country to 

identify and correct an unsafe condition 

on an aviation product. The MCAI 

describes the unsafe condition as: 

A TBM700 operator reported an occurrence 

where, as a result of handling the standby 

compass lighting bulb cover in flight, both 

essential bus bars (ESS BUS 1 and ESS BUS 

2) failed, leading to loss of a number of 

instruments and navigation systems. 

The technical investigations carried out by 

SOCATA have shown that the cause of this 

occurrence was that the electrical protection 

of some TBM 700 aeroplanes is insufficient 

to allow in-flight handling of the standby 

compass lighting cover when energized. 

This condition, if not corrected, may 

compromise the ability of the pilot to safely 

operate the aeroplane under certain flight 

conditions due to the increase of workload. 

The proposed AD would require actions 

that are intended to address the unsafe 

condition described in the MCAI. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by September 30, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact SOCATA— 

Direction des Services, 65921 Tarbes 

Cedex 9, France; telephone: +33 (0)5 62 

41 73 00; fax: +33 (0)5 62 41 7–54; or 

in the United States contact SOCATA 

North America, Inc., North Perry 

Airport, 7501 South Airport Road, 

Pembroke Pines, Florida 33023; 

telephone: (954) 893–1400; fax: (954) 

964–4141; Internet: http:// 

www.socatanorthamerica.com. You may 

review copies of the referenced service 

information at the FAA, Small Airplane 

Directorate, 901 Locust, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call (816) 329–4148. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; or in person at the 

Docket Management Facility between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD 

docket contains this proposed AD, the 

regulatory evaluation, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for the Docket Office 

(telephone (800) 647–5527) is in the 

ADDRESSES section. Comments will be 

available in the AD docket shortly after 

receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Albert Mercado, Aerospace Engineer, 

FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 

Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329– 

4119; fax: (816) 329–4090; e-mail: 

albert.mercado@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposed AD. Send your comments 

to an address listed under the 

ADDRESSES section. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2011–0868; Directorate Identifier 

2011–CE–027–AD’’ at the beginning of 

your comments. We specifically invite 

comments on the overall regulatory, 

economic, environmental, and energy 

aspects of this proposed AD. We will 

consider all comments received by the 

closing date and may amend this 

proposed AD because of those 

comments. 

We will post all comments we 

receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. We 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact we receive 

about this proposed AD. 

Discussion 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA), which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Community, has issued AD No. 2011– 

0130, dated July 8, 2011 (referred to 

after this as ‘‘the MCAI’’), to correct an 

unsafe condition for the specified 

products. The MCAI states: 

A TBM700 operator reported an occurrence 

where, as a result of handling the standby 

compass lighting bulb cover in flight, both 

essential bus bars (ESS BUS 1 and ESS BUS 

2) failed, leading to loss of a number of 

instruments and navigation systems. 

The technical investigations carried out by 

SOCATA have shown that the cause of this 

occurrence was that the electrical protection 

of some TBM 700 aeroplanes is insufficient 

to allow in-flight handling of the standby 

compass lighting cover when energized. 

This condition, if not corrected, may 

compromise the ability of the pilot to safely 

operate the aeroplane under certain flight 

conditions due to the increase of workload. 

To address this unsafe condition, SOCATA 

have developed a modification which 

consists of installing a protection fuse on the 

wire at the standby compass connector, 

introduced by SOCATA Service Bulletin (SB) 

70–192–34. 

For the reasons described above, this AD 

requires installation of a protection of the 

electrical wire at the standby compass 

connector. 

You may obtain further information by 

examining the MCAI in the AD docket. 

Relevant Service Information 

DAHER–SOCATA has issued TBM 

Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 


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