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unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 

11 inches, suitable for copying and 

electronic filing. 

Comments received after the comment 

closing date will be included in the 

docket and will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

Privacy Act 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 

DOT solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its rulemaking process. 

DOT posts these comments, without 

edit, including any personal information 

the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Background 

The Secretary of Transportation 

(Secretary) is authorized under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 31502 to 

prescribe requirements for, among other 

things, safety of operations of 

equipment of motor carriers that operate 

CMVs in interstate commerce. Under 49 

U.S.C. 31136, the Secretary also has 

authority to prescribe regulations to 

ensure that CMVs are maintained, 

equipped, loaded, and operated safely. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31142 the Secretary 

must establish standards for annual or 

more frequent inspections of CMVs. The 

Secretary’s authority to establish 

improved standards or methods to 

ensure brakes and brake systems of 

CMVs are inspected by appropriate 

employees and maintained properly is 

provided under 49 U.S.C. 31137(g). 

Motor carriers must maintain, or 

require maintenance of, records 

documenting the inspection, repair and 

maintenance activities performed on 

their owned and leased vehicles. There 

are no prescribed forms. Electronic 

recordkeeping is allowed (see 49 CFR 

390.31(d)). Documents requiring a 

signature must be capable of replication 

(e.g., photocopy, facsimile, etc.) in such 

form that will provide an opportunity 

for signature verification upon demand. 

Also, if electronic recordkeeping is 

used, all of the relevant data on the 

original documents must be included in 

the electronic transmission for the 

records to be valid. 

The motor carrier industry has never 

questioned the need to keep CMV 

maintenance records. In fact, most 

motor carriers would keep some records 

without any regulatory requirements to 

do so. Records of inspection, repair, and 

maintenance; roadside inspection 

reports; driver vehicle inspection 

reports; the documentation of periodic 

inspections; the evidence of the 

qualifications of individuals performing 

periodic inspections; and the evidence 

of brake inspectors’ qualifications 

contain the minimum amount of 

information necessary to document that 

a motor carrier has established a system 

of inspection, repair, and maintenance 

for its equipment which meets the 

standards in 49 CFR part 396. 

FMCSA and its representatives use 

these records to verify motor carriers’ 

compliance with the inspection, repair, 

and maintenance standards in part 396. 

This ICR supports DOT’s strategic goal 

of safety. The ICR also ensures that 

motor carriers have adequate records to 

document the inspection, repair, and 

maintenance of their CMVs, and to 

ensure that adequate measures are taken 

to keep their CMVs in safe and proper 

operating condition at all times. 

Compliance with the inspection, repair, 

and maintenance regulations helps to 

reduce the likelihood of accidents 

attributable, in whole or in part, to the 

mechanical condition of the CMV. 

This ICR submittal includes updated 

data regarding the number of motor 

carriers subject to the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations, vehicle 

counts, inspections, and other 

underlying data used to estimate the 

total burden hours. In addition, this 

revision eliminates the requirement that 

drivers of passenger-carrying CMVs 

operating in interstate commerce 

submit, and motor carriers retain, 

Driver-Vehicle Inspection Reports 

(DVIRs) when the driver has neither 

found nor been made aware of any 

vehicle defects or deficiencies (nodefect DVIRs). 

If the recordkeeping were required to 

be completed less frequently, it would 

greatly hinder the ability of FMCSA and 

State officials and representatives to 

ascertain that CMVs are satisfactorily 

maintained. The timely documentation 

of CMV inspection, repair, and 

maintenance enables FMCSA and State 

officials to evaluate the present state of 

a motor carrier’s CMV maintenance 

program and to check the current level 

of regulatory compliance at any point in 

a carrier’s maintenance schedule or 

program. 

FMCSA has identified periodic 

inspection standards of 22 States, the 

District of Columbia, the Alabama 

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, 10 

Canadian Provinces, and one Canadian 

Territory that are comparable to, or as 

effective as, the Federal periodic 

inspection requirements. FMCSA does 

not require Federal periodic inspections 

and the related recordkeeping for motor 

carriers that comply with these 

equivalent periodic inspection 

programs. FMCSA is not aware of any 

other duplicative standards or 

recordkeeping requirements that apply 

to motor carriers. 

FMCSA does not employ this 

collection of information for statistical 

use. 

Title: Inspection, Repair and 

Maintenance. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0003. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Motor carriers and CMV 

drivers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

757,652 motor carriers and 5,646,722 

drivers. 

Estimated Time per Response: Varies 

according to the requirements for 

specific records. 

Expiration Date: December 31, 2023. 

Frequency of Response: Varies 

according to requirements for specific 

records. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

19,103,153 hours [14,602,802 hours for 

inspection, repair, and maintenance + 

3,516,342 hours for driver inspection 

reports + 161,528 hours for disposition 

of roadside inspection reports + 777,864 

hours for periodic inspections + 23,571 

hours for records of inspector 

qualifications + 21,046 hours for records 

of brake inspector qualifications]. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the performance of 

FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of 

the estimated burden; (3) ways for 

FMCSA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. The Agency will 

summarize or include your comments in 

the request for OMB’s clearance of this 

ICR. 

Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87. 

Thomas P. Keane, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Registration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20641 Filed 9–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2023–0002–N–15] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 


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1 85 FR 63362. 

2 76 FR 18073. 

3To more effectively manage FRA’s ICRs, the 

concrete crosstie ICR, OMB Control No. 2130–0592, 

has been combined with that of track safety 

standards, OMB Control No. 2130–0010 in this 

renewal cycle. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, FRA seeks 

approval of the Information Collection 

Request (ICR) summarized below. 

Before submitting this ICR to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval, FRA is soliciting public 

comment on specific aspects of the 

activities identified in the ICR. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 24, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

should be submitted on regulations.gov 

to the docket, Docket No. FRA–2023– 

0002. All comments received will be 

posted without change to the docket, 

including any personal information 

provided. Please refer to the assigned 

OMB control number (2130–0010) in 

any correspondence submitted. FRA 

will summarize comments received in 

response to this notice in a subsequent 

notice, made available to the public, and 

include them in its information 

collection submission to OMB for 

approval. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Arlette Mussington, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, at email: 

arlette.mussington@dot.gov or 

telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms. 

Joanne Swafford, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, at email: 

joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone: 

(757) 897–9908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to 

provide 60-days’ notice to the public to 

allow comment on information 

collection activities before seeking OMB 

approval of the activities. See 44 U.S.C. 

3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 

1320.12. Specifically, FRA invites 

interested parties to comment on the 

following ICR regarding: (1) whether the 

information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

activities will have practical utility; (2) 

the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the 

burden of the information collection 

activities, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways for FRA to 

minimize the burden of information 

collection activities on the public, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. See 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). 

FRA believes that soliciting public 

comment may reduce the administrative 

and paperwork burdens associated with 

the collection of information that 

Federal regulations mandate. In 

summary, comments received will 

advance three objectives: (1) reduce 

reporting burdens; (2) organize 

information collection requirements in a 

‘‘user-friendly’’ format to improve the 

use of such information; and (3) 

accurately assess the resources 

expended to retrieve and produce 

information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 

3501. 

The summary below describes the ICR 

that FRA will submit for OMB clearance 

as the PRA requires: 

Title: Track Safety Standards. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0010. 

Abstract: The Track Safety Standards 

regulations under 49 CFR part 213 

prescribe minimum safety requirements 

for railroad track that is part of the 

general railroad system of 

transportation. FRA uses this 

information collection to ensure and 

enhance rail safety by monitoring 

complete compliance with all regulatory 

requirements. While the requirements 

prescribed in this part generally apply 

to specific track conditions existing in 

isolation, a combination of track 

conditions, none of which individually 

amounts to a deviation from the 

requirements in this part, may require 

remedial action to provide safe 

operations over that track. Qualified 

persons inspect track and take action to 

allow safe passage of trains and ensure 

compliance with the prescribed 

standards. 

In 2020, FRA published a final rule 1

revising the minimum safety 

requirements for railroad track. The 

changes allowed inspection of rail using 

continuous rail testing; the use of 

flange-bearing frogs in crossing 

diamonds; relaxed the guard check gage 

limits on heavy-point frogs used in 

Class 5 track; removed an inspectionmethod exception for high density 

commuter lines; and other 

miscellaneous revisions. 

In addition, in 2011, FRA 

promulgated a rule 2 mandating specific 

requirements for effective concrete 

crossties, for rail fastening systems 

connected to concrete crossties, and for 

automated inspections of track 

constructed with concrete crossties. 

These requirements supplement visual 

inspections by Class I and Class II 

railroads, intercity passenger railroads, 

and commuter railroads.3

In this 60-day notice, FRA made 

multiple adjustments to its estimated 

paperwork burden, resulting in an 

increase of 278 hours, from 234,016 

hours in the current inventory to 

234,294 hours in the requested 

inventory. This increase is the result of 

FRA combining the annual burden 

hours with OMB Control Number 2130– 

0592, which covers concrete crossties, 

as detailed below: 

• Under § 213.234(e), FRA added 

31.25 hours. 

• Under § 213.234(g), FRA added 

60.00 hours. 

• Under § 213.234(h)(3), FRA added 

187.50 hours. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 784. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Reporting Burden: 

CFR section Respondent 

universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent 

in U.S. dollar 

(A) (B) (C = A * B) (D = C * 

wage rates) 4

213.4(f)—Excepted track—Notification to FRA 

about removal of excepted track.

784 railroads ................ 15 notices .................... 10 minutes ................... 2.50 $214.83 

213.5(c)—Responsibility for compliance—Notification of assignment to FRA.784 railroads ................ 15 notices ..................... 1 hour ........................... 15.00 1,288.95 


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CFR section Respondent 

universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent 

in U.S. dollar 

(A) (B) (C = A * B) (D = C * 

wage rates) 4

213.7(a)(b)—Designations: Names on list with 

written authorizations.

784 railroads ................ 2,500 names ................ 10 minutes ................... 416.67 35,804.45 

213.17(a)—Waivers ............................................. 784 railroads ................ 10 petitions .................. 2 hours ......................... 20.00 1,718.60 

213.57(e)—Curves; elevation and speed limitations—Request to FRA for vehicle type approval.784 railroads ................ 4 requests .................... 8 hours ......................... 32.00 2,749.76 

—(f) Written notification to FRA prior to implementation of higher curving speeds.784 railroads ................ 4 notifications ............... 2 hours ......................... 8.00 687.44 

—(g) Written consent of track owners obtained 

by railroad providing service over that track.

784 railroads ................ 4 written consents ........ 45 minutes ................... 3.00 257.79 

213.110(a)—Gage restraint measurement systems (GRMS)—Implementing GRMS—notices 

& reports.

784 railroads ................ 1 notification ................. 45 minutes ................... 0.75 64.45 

—(g) GRMS vehicle output reports ..................... 784 railroads ................ 1 report ........................ 5 minutes ..................... 0.08 6.87 

—(h) GRMS vehicle exception reports ............... 784 railroads ................ 1 report ........................ 5 minutes ..................... 0.08 6.87 

—(j) GRMS/PTLF—procedures for data integrity 784 railroads ................ 1 documented procedure.1 hour ........................... 1.00 85.93 

—(n) GRMS inspection records .......................... 784 railroads ................ 2 records ...................... 30 minutes ................... 1.00 85.93 

213.118(a)–(c)—Continuous welded rail 

(CWR)—Revised plans w/procedures for 

CWR.

438 railroads ................ 10 plans ....................... 4 hours ......................... 40.00 3,437.20 

—(d) Notification to FRA and RR employees of 

CWR plan effective date.

438 railroads ................ 750 notices .................. 15 seconds .................. 3.13 268.96 

—(e) Written submissions after plan disapproval 438 railroads ................ 5 written submissions .. 2 hours ......................... 10.00 859.30 

—(e) Final FRA disapproval and plan amendment.438 railroads ................ 5 amended plans ......... 1 hour ........................... 5.00 429.65 

213.234(e)—Automated inspection of track constructed with concrete crossties—Exception 

reports listing all exception to § 213.109(d)(4) 

Added requirement and burden hours from 

2130–0592.

30 railroads .................. 125 reports ................... 15 minutes ................... 31.25 2,097.19 

—(f) Automated inspection of track constructed 

with concrete crossties—Recordkeeping requirements.

30 railroads .................. 2,000 records ............... 30 minutes ................... 1,000.00 85,930.00 

—(g) Procedure for integrity of data—Track 

owners to institute procedures for maintaining 

the integrity of the data collected by the 

measurement system. Added requirement and 

burden hours from 2130–0592.

30 railroads .................. 30 revised procedures 2 hours ......................... 60.00 7,404.60 

—(h)(3) Training Track owners to provide annual training in handling rail seat deterioration 

exceptions to all persons designated as fully 

qualified under § 213.7 and whose territories 

are subject to the requirements of 

§ 213.234—Recordkeeping. Added requirement and burden hours from 2130–0592.

30 railroads .................. 2,250 records of trained 

employees.

5 minutes ..................... 187.50 12,583.13 

213.237(b)(2)—Inspection of Rail—Detailed request to FRA to change designation of a rail 

inspection segment or establish a new segment.

65 railroads .................. 4 requests .................... 15 minutes ................... 1.00 85.93 

—(b)(3) Notification to FRA and all affected employees of designation’s effective date after 

FRA’s approval/conditional approval.

65 railroads .................. 1 notice to FRA + 15 

bulletins.

15 minutes ................... 4.00 343.72 

—(d) Notice to FRA that service failure rate target in paragraph (a) of this section is not 

achieved.

65 railroads .................. 4 notices ....................... 15 minutes ................... 1.00 85.93 

—(d)—Explanation to FRA as to why performance target was not achieved and provision to 

FRA of remedial action plan.

65 railroads .................. 4 letters of explanation/ 

plans.

15 minutes ................... 1.00 85.93 

213.238—Qualified operators—Written or electronic of qualification.3 railroads + 5 testing 

entities.

250 records .................. 5 minutes ..................... 20.83 1,789.92 

213.240(b)—Continuous Rail Testing—Procedures for conducting continuous testing.12 railroads .................. 4 procedures ................ 8 hours ......................... 32.00 2,749.76 

—(c) Type of rail test (continuous or stop-andverify)—Record.12 railroads .................. 25,000 documents/ 

records.

2 seconds ..................... 13.89 1,193.57 

—(c)—Type of rail test (continuous or stop-andverify)—Documented changes.12 railroads .................. 100 documents ............ 1 minute ....................... 1.67 143.50 

—(g) Annual reports to FRA ............................... 12 railroads .................. 12 reports ..................... 4 hours ......................... 48.00 4,124.64 

213.241—Inspection records ............................... 784 railroads ................ 1,375,000 records ........ 10 minutes ................... 229,166.67 19,692,291.95 

213.303(b)—Responsibility for compliance—Notification of assignment to FRA.2 railroads .................... 5 notices ....................... 30 minutes ................... 2.50 214.83 

213.305(c)(4)—Designation of qualified individuals; general qualifications—Written authorization for remedial actions.2 railroads .................... 20 written documents ... 30 minutes ................... 10.00 859.30 

—(e) Railroads produced designation record 

upon FRA request.

2 railroads .................... 200 records .................. 10 minutes ................... 33.33 2,864.05 

213.317(a)–(b)—Waivers .................................... 2 railroads .................... 2 petitions ..................... 8 hours ......................... 16.00 1,374.88 


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4The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 

2022 Surface Transportation Board Full Year Wage 

A&B data series using the employee groups 100 

(Executives, Officials, and Office Staff Assistants) 

$70.52, 200 (Professional and Administrative) 

$49.10, and 400 (Maintenance of Equipment & 

Stores) $38.35. The total burden wage rate (Straight 

time plus 75%) used in the table is $85.93 ($49.10 

× 1.75 = $85.93) except for the following: 

§ 213.234(g) and § 213.345(h) which uses an hourly 

wage rate of $123.41 (70.52 × 1.75 = $123.41) and 

§ 213.234(h)(3) which uses an hourly wage rate of 

$67.11 ($38.35 × 1.75 = $67.11). 

5Totals may not add up due to rounding. 

CFR section Respondent 

universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent 

in U.S. dollar 

(A) (B) (C = A * B) (D = C * 

wage rates) 4

213.329(e)—Curves, elevation, and speed limitations—FRA approval of qualified vehicle 

types based on results of testing.

2 railroads .................... 2.00 cover letters + 

2.00 technical reports 

+ 2.00 diagrams.

30.00 minutes + 16.00 

hours + 15.00 minutes.

33.50 2,878.66 

—(f) Written notification to FRA 30 days prior to 

implementation of higher curving speeds.

2 railroads .................... 2 notices ...................... 2 hours ......................... 4.00 343.72 

—(g) Written consent of other affected track 

owners by railroad.

2 railroads .................... 2 written consents ........ 45 minutes ................... 1.50 128.90 

213.333(d)—Automated vehicle-based inspection systems—Track Geometry Measurement 

System (TGMS) output/exception reports.

7 railroads .................... 7 reports ....................... 1 hour ........................... 7.00 601.51 

213.341(b)–(d)—Initial inspection of new rail & 

welds—Inspection records.

2 railroads .................... 800 records .................. 2 minutes ..................... 26.67 2,291.75 

213.343(a)–(e)—CWR—Procedures for installations and adjustments of CWR.2 railroads .................... 2 plans ......................... 4 hours ......................... 8.00 687.44 

—(h) Recordkeeping requirements ..................... 2 railroads .................... 8,000 records ............... 2 minutes ..................... 266.67 22,914.95 

213.345(a)–(c)—Vehicle qualification testing— 

Vehicle qualification program for all vehicle 

types operating at track Class 6 speeds or 

above.

2 railroads .................... 2 program plans ........... 120 hours ..................... 240.00 20,623.20 

—(d) Previously qualified vehicle types qualification programs.2 railroads .................... 2 program plans ........... 8 hours ......................... 16.00 1,374.88 

—(h) Written consent of other affected track 

owners by railroad.

4 railroads .................... 4 written consents ........ 30 minutes ................... 2.00 246.82 

213.369(d)—Inspection Records—Record of inspection of track.2 railroads .................... 15,000 record sets ....... 10 minutes ................... 2,500.00 214,825.00 

Total 5 ........................................................... 784 railroads ................ 1,432,181 responses ... N/A ............................... 234,294 20,131,107 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

1,432,181. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

234,294. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $20,131,107. 

FRA informs all interested parties that 

it may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information that does 

not display a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Christopher S. Van Nostrand, 

Acting Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20662 Filed 9–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No.: FTA–2023–0006] 

Notice of Availability of Programmatic 

Assessment of Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions From Transit Projects; 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

availability of and requests comments 

on a Programmatic Assessment of 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transit 

Projects. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 24, 2023. Late filed 

comments will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: The Programmatic 

Assessment is available through https:// 

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number FTA–2023–0006. 

You may submit comments to Docket 

No. FTA–2023–0006 by any of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name (Federal Transit 

Administration) and the Docket Number 

of this notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to https://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Blum, Office of Environmental 

Programs, (202) 366–0463, 

Megan.Blum@dot.gov, or Alexandra 

Brun, Office of Environmental 

Programs, (202) 366–7469, 

Alexandra.Brun@dot.gov; Mark 

Montgomery, Office of Chief Counsel, 

(202) 366–1017, Mark.Montgomery@

dot.gov. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) requires Federal agencies to 

disclose and analyze the environmental 

effects of their proposed actions. In 

January 2023, the Council on 


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