[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35834-35838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15168]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2010-N126; 40120-1112-0000-F5]


Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities 
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species 
Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal 
permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we 
invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications at 
the address given below, by July 23, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with the 
applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of 
the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who 
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following 
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice: Fish 
and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30345 (Attn: Cameron Shaw, Permit Coordinator).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Shaw, telephone 904/731-3191; 
facsimile 904/731-3045.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the 
following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with 
endangered and threatened species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 
and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 
17. This notice is provided under section 10(c) of the Act. If you wish 
to comment, you may submit comments by any one of the following 
methods. You may mail comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service's 
Regional Office (see ADDRESSES section) or via electronic mail (e-mail) 
to: [email protected]. Please include your name and return address in 
your e-mail message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the Fish 
and Wildlife Service that we have received your e-mail message, contact 
us directly at the telephone number listed above (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally, you may hand deliver comments to 
the Fish and Wildlife Service office listed above (see ADDRESSES 
section).
    Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comments to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

Applicant: Charles Minars, Richmond, Kentucky, TE210433.

    The applicant requests authorization to remove plant parts for 
genetic analysis of running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum) 
from the Blue Grass Army Depot, Madison County, Kentucky.

Applicant: Andrew Doust, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 
Oklahoma, TE181349.

    The applicant requests authorization to remove plant parts from the 
Spring Creek bladderpod (Lesquerella perforata) from Wilson County, 
Tennessee, for genetic analysis, to culture for research, and to 
preserve in herbarium collections.

Applicant: International Carnivorous Plant Society, Pinole, California, 
TE61005.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to sell from Contra 
Costa County, California, in interstate commerce for the purposes of 
enhancement or propagation, the green pitcher plant (Sarracenia 
oreophila), Alabama canebreak pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra 
alabamensis), mountain sweet pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra jonesii), 
and Godfrey's butterwort (Pinquicula ionantha).

Applicant: Archbold Biological Station, Venus, Florida, TE237540.

    The applicant requests authorization to take Garrett's mint 
(Dicerandra christmanii) for the purpose of seed harvesting, seed 
propagation, seedling transplant, and habitat enhancement in Highlands 
County, Florida.

Applicant: Herbert Kessler, Camp Hill, Alabama, TE222938.

    The applicant requests authorization to monitor the effects of 
management activities in Apalachicola National Forest in Liberty and 
Franklin Counties, Florida to Harper's beauty (Harperocallis flava).

Applicant: Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, TE210461.


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    The applicant requests authorization to take Guthrie's ground plum 
(Astragalus bibullatus) by collecting seeds from Federal lands in 
Wayne, Lawrence, Lewis, Scott and Fentress Counties, Tennessee, and 
Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, Alabama.

Applicant: Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida, TE237535.

    The applicant requests authorization to take Garrett's mint 
(Diceranddra christmanii) by collecting seeds from Federal lands in 
Highlands County, Florida.

Applicant: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, TE 13939A.

    The applicant requests authorization to take scrub palm (Prunus 
geniculata) by collecting seeds and leaves from Federal lands in 
Highlands County, Florida, for the purpose of genetic analysis.

Applicant: Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, TE067738.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to receive Key deer 
(Odocoileus virginianus clavium) for veterinary treatment and 
rehabilitation.

Applicant: Jacksonville Zoological Society, Jacksonville, Florida, 
TE225877.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to house for greater 
than 45 days, and provide care for and public education about, Key deer 
in Duval County, Florida.

Applicant: Aquatic Resources Management LLC, Lexington, Kentucky, 
TE13844A.
    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys in Kentucky for the following species: Indiana Bat (Myotis 
sodalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Virginia big-eared bat 
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), blackside dace (Phoxinus 
cumberlandensis), copperbelly water snake (Nerodia erythrogaster 
neglecta), running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum), white-
haired goldenrod (Solidago albopilosa), American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus), Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), 
fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma 
brevidens), oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), catspaw 
(Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma 
torulosa rangiana), pink mucket (Lamsilis abrupta), ring pink (Obovaria 
retusa), little-wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), orangefoot 
pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), 
rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax) and 
Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis).

Applicant: Terry Derting, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 
TE13910A.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct surveys, population 
monitoring, and ecological studies in Kentucky and Tennessee for 
Indiana bat, Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii 
virginianus), and gray bat.

Applicant: Larry Elia, Holden, West Virginia, TE14101A.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct surveys, 
population monitoring, and ecological studies in Kentucky for Indiana 
bat, Virginia big-eared bat, and gray bat.

Applicant: Jeremy Jackson, Richmond, Kentucky, TE102292.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct surveys, 
population monitoring, and ecological studies in Kentucky for Indiana 
bat, Virginia big-eared bat, and gray bat.

Applicant: Janet Tyburec, Tucson, Arizona, TE 210402.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct surveys and 
monitoring activities in Kentucky for the Indiana bat and gray bat.

Applicant: Michael LaVoie, Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian Nation, 
Cherokee, North Carolina, TE237545.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct surveys, population 
monitoring, and ecological studies on Tribal lands in North Carolina 
for the Indiana bat.

Applicant: Tom Counts, Tuscumbia, Alabama, TE237548.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct surveys, population 
monitoring, and ecological studies in Alabama for the Indiana bat and 
gray bat.

Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, Double Springs, Alabama, TE100070.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct surveys, 
population monitoring, and ecological studies on National Forest lands 
in Alabama for Indiana bat and gray bat.

Applicant: William Stone, Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama, 
TE224200.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct surveys, 
population monitoring, and ecological studies in Lawrence and Winston 
Counties, Alabama, for Indiana bat and gray bat.

Applicant: National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 
TE148237.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct surveys, 
population monitoring, and ecological studies in Tennessee and North 
Carolina for Indiana bat and gray bat.

Applicant: The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, TE237549.

    The applicant requests renewal of authorization to conduct surveys, 
population monitoring, and ecological studies in Tennessee for Indiana 
bat and gray bat.

Applicant: Round Mountain Biological and Environmental Studies, Inc., 
Nicholasville, Kentucky, TE121059.

    The applicant requests renewal of authorization to conduct surveys, 
population monitoring, and ecological studies in Kentucky and Tennessee 
for Indiana bat and gray bat.

Applicant: Daniel Judy, Mount Dora, Florida, TE14097A.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct surveys, population 
monitoring, and ecological studies throughout the eastern United States 
for Indiana bat and gray bat.

Applicant: Richard McWhite, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, TE34379.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct surveys, population 
monitoring, and ecological studies in Tennessee for Indiana bat and 
gray bat.

Applicant: Carl Dick, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, 
Kentucky, TE14102A.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct surveys, population 
monitoring, and ecological studies for seven bat species throughout 
their ranges within the continental United States.

Applicant: Susan Cameron, Asheville North Carolina, TE1349A.

    The applicant requests authorization to survey and monitor Carolina 
northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus), spruce fire 
moss spider (Microhexura montivaga), and bog turtle (Clemmys 
muhlenbergii) in North Carolina to develop recovery and management 
practices.

Applicant: Benjamin Laester, Whittier, North Carolina, TE121142.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to capture and handle 
the Carolina northern flying squirrel on Tribal lands of the Eastern 
Band of the Cherokee Indian Nation, North Carolina.

Applicant: Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 
Gainesville, Florida TE13084A.

    The applicant requests authorization to survey and monitor salt 
marsh vole (Microtus pennsylvanicaus

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dukecampbelli) in Dixie and Levy Counties, Florida.

Applicant: Donna Oddy, Kennedy Space Center, Florida TE089075.

    The applicant requests authorization to survey, monitor, and 
translocate the following subspecies of beach mouse within Florida: 
Alabama (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates), Anastasia Island (P. p. 
phasma), Choctawhatchee (P. p. allophrys), Perdido Key (P. p. 
trissyllepsis,), St. Andrew (P. p. peninsularis), and southeastern (P. 
p. niveiventris).

Applicant: Trent Farris, Gulf Shores, Alabama, TE648562.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys for the following beach mouse subspecies in Alabama and 
Florida: Alabama, Choctawhatchee, Perdido Key, and St. Andrew.

Applicant: Jack Stout, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 
TE105642.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to capture, examine, 
collect tissue samples, and release the Anastasia Island and 
southeastern beach mouse in Florida.

Applicant: Jacqueline Isaacs, Gulf Shores, Alabama, TE206903.

    The applicant requests authorization to survey, monitor, and 
temporarily hold in captivity Alabama beach mouse in Alabama. The 
applicant also requests authorization to survey, monitor, relocate, 
transport, rescue, salvage, collect tissues, and euthanize (under 
specific conditions) the following sea turtle species: Kemp's Ridley 
(Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback 
(Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta 
caretta), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Alabama.

Applicant: Carl Couret, Fairhope, Alabama, TE14090A.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys, marking, salvage, ecological studies, and relocation 
activities in Alabama for Alabama beach mouse, Perdido Key beach mouse, 
Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, Alabama red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys 
alabamensis), Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus sutkusi), Alabama cave 
shrimp (palaemonias alabamae), and the Tulotoma snail (Tulotoma 
magnifica).

Applicant: Kathryn Craven, Savannah, Georgia, TE079976.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to take hatched/
unhatched eggs from hatched nests in Georgia from the following sea 
turtle species: loggerhead sea turtle, green sea turtle, Kemp's Ridley 
sea turtle, leatherback, and hawksbill for the purpose of studying 
nesting success.

Applicant: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, Jacksonville, Florida, 
TE13079A.

    The applicant requests authorization to euthanize (under specific 
conditions) the following species of sea turtles from Florida that are 
unlikely to survive or which would pose a risk of disease communication 
to other individuals: green, Kemp's Ridley, leatherback, and hawksbill.

Applicant: National Park Service, Buck Island Reef National Monument, 
Christiansted, Virgin Islands, TE222890.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to mark, tag, collect 
tissues from, and handle the following sea turtle species in Buck 
Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, Virgin Islands: loggerhead, 
green, leatherback, and hawksbill.

Applicant: David Varricchio, University of Montana, Bozeman, Montana, 
TE220909.

    The applicant requests authorization to collect egg fragments and 
other tissue recovered from American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) 
nests in Dade and Monroe Counties, Florida.

Applicant: John Palis, Jonesboro, Illinois, TE80774.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys for the reticulated flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma 
bishopi) and frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) in 
South Carolina and Florida.

Applicant: University of Georgia, Aiken, South Carolina, TE237093.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the reticulated flatwoods salamander in Santa Rosa County, 
Florida.

Applicant: Conservation Fisheries Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, TE11542.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys in Tennessee and Georgia and temporarily house 15 fish 
species in Tennessee.

Applicant: White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee, Florida, TE105674.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct captive 
breeding and reintroduction into the wild for Mississippi Sandhill 
Crane (Grus canadensis pulla). Captive breeding will occur in Yulee, 
Florida, and reintroduction will occur at Mississippi Sandhill Crane 
National Wildlife Refuge, Gautier, Mississippi.

Applicant: Moody Air Force Base, Lowndes County, Georgia, TE206768.

    The applicant requests authorization to take via harassment of Wood 
Storks (Mycteria americana) as necessary, to avoid hazards from 
aircraft operations at Moody Air Force Base, Lowndes County, Georgia.

Applicant: Fort Polk, Fort Polk, Louisiana, TE041314.
    The applicant requests authorization to trap, band, translocate, 
and install artificial nesting cavities for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers 
(Picoides borealis) on Fort Polk Army Base, Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, 
Winchester, Kentucky, TE25674.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to trap, band, 
translocate, and install artificial nesting cavities for Red-cockaded 
Woodpeckers on the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky.

Applicant: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 
Gainesville, Florida, TE87194.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to trap, band, 
translocate, and install artificial nesting cavities for Red-cockaded 
Woodpeckers in Florida.

Applicant: J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia, 
TE66980.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to trap, band, 
translocate, and install artificial nesting cavities for Red-cockaded 
Woodpeckers in Baker County, Georgia.

Applicant: Robert Montgomery, Nags Head, North Carolina, TE55241.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to trap, band, 
translocate, and install artificial nesting cavities for Red-cockaded 
Woodpeckers at Dare Bombing Range, North Carolina.

Applicant: U.S. Army, Fort Gordon, Georgia, TE146376.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to trap, band, 
translocate, and install artificial nesting cavities for Red-cockaded 
Woodpeckers at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Applicant: Breedlove, Dennis and Associates, Winter Park, Florida, 
TE14105A.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to electronically 
monitor nests of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Orange County, Florida.

Applicant: Gary O'Neill, Warren, Arkansas, TE132409.


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    The applicant requests renewed authorization to electronically 
monitor nests of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Potlatch Forest Holdings 
properties in Bradley, Calhoun, Drew and Cleveland Counties, Arkansas.

Applicant: Pennington and Associates, Inc., Cookeville, Tennessee, 
TE812344.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys and relocation activities for the Nashville crayfish 
(Orconectes shoupi) and Anthony's river snail (Athernia anthonyi) in 
Davidson, Williamson, and Marion Counties, Tennessee and Jackson and 
Limestone Counties, Alabama.

Applicant: James Off, URS Corp., Franklin, Tennessee, TE84054.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys and relocation activities for Nashville crayfish and 
Anthony's riversnail in Davidson and Williamson Counties, Tennessee, 
and Jackson County, Alabama.

Applicant: Environ International Corp., Brentwood, Tennessee, TE145561.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys for Nashville crayfish in Davidson and Williamson 
Counties, Tennessee.

Applicant: Water Quality and Erosion Control of Tennessee, Nashville, 
Tennessee, TE237091.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys and relocation activities for Nashville crayfish in 
Davidson and Williamson Counties, Tennessee.

Applicant: Symbiotics LLC, Portland, Oregon, TE220913.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys in the Ohio River, Union County, Kentucky, for fanshell, 
catspaw, pink mucket, ring pink, orangefoot pimpleback, rough pigtoe 
and fat pocketbook.

Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis, Tennessee, TE61069.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys in Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, 
Mississippi, and Arkansas for pink mucket, ring pink, fat pocketbook, 
orangefoot pimpleback, turgid blossom (Epioblasma turgidula), and 
tubercled blossom (Epioblasma torulosa).

Applicant: R. Jason Dickey, Tallahassee, Florida, TE13895A.
    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for fat threeridge (Amblema 
neislerii), Gulf moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus), Ochlockonee 
moccasinshell (Medionidus simpsonianus), Chipola slabshell (Elliptio 
chipolaensis), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus), shinyrayed 
pocketbook (Hamotia (= Lampsillis) subangulata), and oval pigtoe 
(Pleurobema pyriforme).

Applicant: Stephen Golladay, Newton, Georgia, TE237544.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys in Georgia for Gulf moccasinshell, purple bankclimber, 
shinyrayed pocketbook, and oval pigtoe.

Applicant: Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc., Smyrna, Georgia, 
TE063179.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys for freshwater mussels and fish in the State of 
Georgia. Translocations may be conducted under specific conditions.

Applicant: FTN Associates Ltd., Little Rock, Arkansas, TE139474.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to survey and monitor 
the American burying beetle at Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center, 
Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Alabama.
Applicant: John Harris, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation 
Department, Little Rock, Arkansas, TE079883.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys for Louisiana black bear, two bat species, three fish 
species, one freshwater mussel species, two cave crayfish species, 
Magazine Mountain shagreen (Mesodon magazinensis), and American burying 
beetle throughout Arkansas.

Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Houston, Texas, TE220938.
    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for Louisiana black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus) in 
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and multiple species of 
freshwater mussels, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and bats throughout 
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Applicant: David Campbell, Tuscaloosa, Alabama TE223147.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for multiple species of freshwater mussels, and terrestrial and 
aquatic snails, and to salvage shells of these species throughout the 
continental United States and Hawaii.

Applicant: Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfort, 
Kentucky, TE13852A.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys in Kentucky for 15 freshwater mussel species, 4 fish species, 
and 1 crustacean species.

Applicant: Eco-South, Inc., Covington, Georgia, TE810274.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys throughout Georgia for 13 freshwater mussel species, 4 
bat species and 7 fish species.

Applicant: Jason Throneberry, Little Rock, Arkansas, TE083014.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys in Arkansas for 9 freshwater mussel species, 2 listed 
crustacean species, and 4 fish species.

Applicant: Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, TE49411.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys in Georgia for 2 snail species and 17 fish species.

Applicant: Todd Levine, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 
TE14110A.

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys in Kentucky for 15 listed freshwater mussel species.

Applicant: Gerald Dinkins, Powell, Tennessee, TE69754.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys in Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi for 21 
freshwater mussels and 4 fish species.

Applicant: Jeff Selby, Decatur, Alabama, TE-100626-7.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys in Alabama for 39 freshwater mussel species, 1 fish 
species, and 3 snail species.

Applicant: Ecosystems Services LLP, Chicago, Illinois, TE-108506-2.

    The applicant requests renewed authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys throughout the southeastern and midwestern United 
States for 69 freshwater mussel species and 34 snail species.


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    Dated: June 8, 2010.
Mark J. Musaus,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-15168 Filed 6-22-10; 8:45 am]
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