Bureau of Reclamation: Reimbursement of California's Central	 
Valley Project Capital Construction Costs by San Luis Unit	 
Irrigation Water Districts (18-DEC-07, GAO-08-307R).		 
                                                                 
In 1960, Congress authorized the construction of the San Luis	 
Unit of the Central Valley Project (CVP) in California. The CVP  
is a network of dams, canals, pumps, and other facilities	 
providing water for multiple uses. Located south of the 	 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the San Luis Unit is a component of
the CVP and was built jointly by the Department of the Interior's
Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the state of California. 
The San Luis Unit stores and delivers water that is used for	 
various purposes, including agriculture, municipal and industrial
uses, and fish and wildlife needs. Four irrigation water	 
districts in the San Luis Unit currently receive water from the  
CVP. Westlands is the largest of these districts, covering about 
three-quarters of the land in the San Luis Unit. The three	 
smaller districts are Pacheco, Panoche, and San Luis. Reclamation
has a water service contract with each irrigation water district 
to deliver CVP water to the district's farmers and other water	 
users at a set rate per acre-foot. Existing water service	 
contracts may be renewed for a period of no more than 25 years.  
The San Luis Unit includes water storage and delivery facilities,
such as dams, canals, and pumps, as well as the San Luis Drain.  
This drain was designed to return used irrigation water to the	 
delta, but it was never completed. Reclamation is considering two
options to provide drainage for the San Luis Unit. The first	 
option, which would be implemented by Reclamation, would include 
land retirement, evaporation ponds, and treatment methods to	 
remove salt and selenium from the water. The second option would 
transfer responsibility for providing a drainage solution to the 
four San Luis Unit irrigation water districts. To assist Congress
in evaluating the proposed drainage solutions, Congress asked us 
to determine how much the federal government has spent to	 
construct the CVP, including the San Luis Unit irrigation and	 
drainage facilities, and what amount is reimbursable by water	 
users, and how much of the reimbursable CVP construction cost has
been allocated to San Luis Unit irrigation water districts and	 
how much they have repaid.					 
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REPORTNUM:   GAO-08-307R					        
    ACCNO:   A79049						        
  TITLE:     Bureau of Reclamation: Reimbursement of California's     
Central Valley Project Capital Construction Costs by San Luis	 
Unit Irrigation Water Districts 				 
     DATE:   12/18/2007 
  SUBJECT:   Dams						 
	     Strategic planning 				 
	     Water pipelines					 
	     Water supply					 
	     Water transportation				 
	     Water use						 
	     Watersheds 					 
	     Waterways						 
	     Environmental cleanups				 
	     Environmental monitoring				 
	     Environmental protection				 
	     Water pollution control				 
	     Water quality					 
	     Central Valley Project-San Luis Unit		 
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December 18, 2007

The Honorable Nick J. Rahall, II
Chairman
Committee on Natural Resources
House of Representatives

The Honorable Grace F. Napolitano
Chairwoman
Subcommittee on Water and Power
Committee on Natural Resources
House of Representatives

The Honorable George Miller
House of Representatives

Subject: Bureau of Reclamation: Reimbursement of California's Central
Valley Project Capital Construction Costs by San Luis Unit Irrigation
Water Districts

In 1960, Congress authorized the construction of the San Luis Unit of the
Central Valley Project (CVP) in California. The CVP is a network of dams,
canals, pumps, and other facilities providing water for multiple uses.
Located south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the San Luis Unit is a
component of the CVP and was built jointly by the Department of the
Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the state of
California. The San Luis Unit stores and delivers water that is used for
various purposes, including agriculture, municipal and industrial uses,
and fish and wildlife needs. Four irrigation water districts in the San
Luis Unit currently receive water from the CVP. Westlands is the largest
of these districts, covering about three-quarters of the land in the San
Luis Unit. The three smaller districts are Pacheco, Panoche, and San Luis.
Reclamation has a water service contract with each irrigation water
district to deliver CVP water to the district's farmers and other water
users at a set rate per acre-foot. Existing water service contracts may be
renewed for a period of no more than 25 years.

The San Luis Unit includes water storage and delivery facilities, such as
dams, canals, and pumps, as well as the San Luis Drain. This drain was
designed to return used irrigation water to the delta, but it was never
completed. Drainage is needed for about 400,000 acres of the San Luis
Unit's approximately 700,000 acres because a layer of clay prevents
natural drainage, trapping salt and water in the root zone of crops and
reducing the land's agricultural productivity. Construction of the San
Luis Drain was halted in the mid-1970s, in part because of environmental
concerns, including harmful effects on wildlife, caused by the drainage
water. It was later determined that selenium was being leached out of the
soil by the drainage water and accumulating in the Kesterson National
Wildlife Refuge, where it was linked to deaths and deformities in
waterfowl. In response to litigation by Westlands farmers, a federal court
held in 2000 that Reclamation, while not necessarily required to complete
the San Luis Drain, must provide a drainage solution for the San Luis
Unit.

Reclamation is considering two options to provide drainage for the San
Luis Unit. The first option, which would be implemented by Reclamation,
would include land retirement, evaporation ponds, and treatment methods to
remove salt and selenium from the water. Reclamation has completed its
preliminary planning for this option, including an environmental impact
statement and a record of decision.^1 Reclamation's preliminary estimate
of the cost of implementing this option is $2.7 billion. The second option
would transfer responsibility for providing a drainage solution to the
four San Luis Unit irrigation water districts. In exchange for assuming
this responsibility, the irrigation water districts have proposed that
they receive, among other things, (1) forgiveness of their obligation to
repay their portion of total CVP capital construction costs (2) transfer
of title to certain federally owned irrigation facilities in the San Luis
Unit to the irrigation water districts, and (3) approval of 60-year water
service contracts.^2

To assist you in evaluating the proposed drainage solutions, you asked us
to determine (1) how much the federal government has spent to construct
the CVP, including the San Luis Unit irrigation and drainage facilities,
and what amount is reimbursable by water users, and (2) how much of the
reimbursable CVP construction cost has been allocated to San Luis Unit
irrigation water districts and how much they have repaid.

On November 7, 2007, we briefed your staff on the results of our work.
This report summarizes the information presented in that briefing and
officially transmits the slides used during the briefing. This report also
provides additional information that your staff requested during the
briefing on (1) the extent to which the San Luis Unit irrigation water
districts have received "ability-to-pay" financial assistance, (2) the
extent to which the districts have repaid the cost of the Kesterson
Cleanup Program, and (3) how the districts are paying for drainage service
and how Reclamation is handling the payments.

Summary

Reclamation's total capital cost to construct the CVP as of September 30,
2006, is about $3.4 billion. Construction of the San Luis Unit portion of
the CVP, including land, land rights, and buildings, cost $778
million--about $722.5 million for construction of 28 storage, conveyance,
and pumping facilities and $55.5 million for the San Luis Drain.
Reclamation has determined that about $2.9 billion of the total CVP
capital construction cost, or 84 percent, is reimbursable. The
reimbursable amount is distributed to various water users, including
irrigation water districts, which benefit from one or more of the
project's purposes, such as water supply and power generation. Reclamation
has determined that, according to the various benefits they receive from
the CVP, irrigation water districts are responsible for repaying about
$1.6 billion, or 55 percent, of the reimbursable CVP construction costs.
Reimbursement of the remaining $1.3 billion is provided by other users,
such as municipal and industrial water users.

^1San Luis Drainage Feature Re-evaluation: Final Environmental Impact
Statement,  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, May
2006, and San Luis Drainage Feature Re-evaluation: Record of Decision,
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, March 2007. The
record of decision identifies the alternative plans considered by
Reclamation, the plan selected for implementation, and the basis for the
selection.

^2Negotiations are ongoing, and this proposal may not represent the water
districts' final position.

Of the $1.6 billion CVP-wide capital construction costs reimbursable by
irrigation water districts, as of September 30, 2005, $523 million had
been allocated to five San Luis Unit districts: Broadview, Pacheco,
Panoche, San Luis, and Westlands, for repayment based on the terms of
their water service contracts.^3 As of that date, the San Luis Unit
irrigation water districts had paid about $74 million of their portion of
CVP-wide capital construction costs, leaving about $449 million to be
repaid by 2030. (See enclosure, briefing slide 13, for a detailed breakout
of the amounts owed, repaid, and remaining for each irrigation water
district.) In general, CVP water users are not responsible for reimbursing
the capital costs of constructing specific facilities within their unit.
Instead, water users are responsible for reimbursing a portion of total
CVP costs. Most of the San Luis Unit capital construction costs--with
certain exceptions--are pooled for reimbursement with the costs of
constructing the rest of the CVP. In addition to their share of the CVP
capital costs that are pooled, irrigation water districts reimburse the
federal government for certain specific project costs they benefit from.
For example, the cost of the San Luis Drain is being reimbursed solely by
the Panoche, San Luis, and Westlands irrigation water districts; the costs
of specific pumps are also paid solely by the irrigation water districts
that benefit from them. In addition, according to Reclamation, Westlands
alone is responsible for repaying the cost of the district's water
distribution system--about $179 million--under a separate repayment
contract. As of September 30, 2006, Westlands had paid $131 million,
leaving $48 million to be repaid. Thus, the combined total CVP capital
construction costs remaining to be repaid by San Luis Unit irrigation
water districts under water service contracts and repayment contracts
amount to about $497 million.

In addition, we determined that

           o According to Reclamation officials, San Luis Unit irrigation
           water districts have never received ability-to-pay irrigation
           assistance to reduce their capital repayment obligations. Such
           assistance can be provided to irrigation water districts when
           Reclamation determines that they do not have the ability to repay
           their share of capital costs.
           o The total capital cost of the Kesterson Cleanup Program was
           about $26.6 million, according to Reclamation. The reimbursable
           capital cost of about $19.8 million was allocated entirely to the
           Westlands water district and is included in the total CVP capital
           costs of about $437.6 million allocated to Westlands for
           reimbursement.
           o A specific amount of the water rates paid by the Panoche, San
           Luis, and Westlands irrigation water districts--depending on the
           terms of their water service contracts--is for drainage. According
           to Reclamation officials, the original water service contracts for
           all three districts required a fixed rate of 50 cents per
           acre-foot for drainage. These contracts have been amended over the
           years so that the districts pay either (1) an annually adjusted
           rate for all of their water, which in 2007 included a rate of
           $1.30 per acre-foot for drainage, or (2) the fixed rate for part
           of their water and the adjustable rate for the remainder. Although
           the water rates paid by the three irrigation water districts
           include an amount for drainage, Reclamation does not credit these
           payments specifically toward paying back the capital costs of the
           San Luis Drain. Rather, as mentioned above, Reclamation applies
           the payments to the portion of the total CVP costs that each
           irrigation water district is responsible for.

^3Data as of September 30, 2005, is the most current available from
Reclamation. Effective March 1, 2007, Broadview was annexed by Westlands
and has assigned all of its CVP water to Westlands.

Agency Comments

We obtained comments from Reclamation on our draft briefing slides and on
the additional information provided in this report. Reclamation officials
concurred with our findings and provided us with technical comments, which
we have incorporated as appropriate.

Scope and Methodology

To determine the CVP capital construction costs and the amount allocated
to and reimbursed by irrigation water districts in the San Luis Unit, we
analyzed Reclamation's CVP financial statements and cost allocation
tables. We relied on the independent audit report issued by the public
accounting firm KPMG for Reclamation's fiscal year 2006 financial
statements for assurance of data reliability. We interviewed and collected
documentation from management and financial staff in Reclamation's
Mid-Pacific region and Fresno area offices, and we visited the San Luis
Unit facilities. To obtain stakeholder views on Reclamation's cost and
allocation information, we interviewed and, when applicable, collected
documentation from entities such as the California Department of Water
Resources, State Water Resources Control Board, Westlands Water District,
and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The dollar amounts provided are
the actual costs of construction, unadjusted for inflation. We conducted
our audit work from June through October 2007, in accordance with
generally accepted government auditing standards.

                             

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Wyatt R. Hundrup; Richard Johnson; and Mehrzad Nadji.

Anu K. Mittal
Director, Natural Resources and Environment

Enclosure

Enclosure: 

Californiaï¿½s Central Valley Project: 

Reimbursement of Capital Construction Costs for the San Luis Unit: 

November 7, 2007: 

Background: 

The Central Valley Project (CVP) in California is a network of dams, 
canals, pumps, and other facilities providing water for agriculture and 
other uses. 

The CVP includes the San Luis Unit, a primarily agricultural area 
approximately 700,000 acres in size south of the Sacramentoï¿½San Joaquin 
Delta (see attachment 1 for map). 

Authorized by Congress in 1960, the San Luis Unit was constructed by 
the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the state of California to 
include water storage, conveyance, and pumping facilities, as well as 
the San Luis Drain, which was designed to return used irrigation water 
to the Sacramentoï¿½San Joaquin Delta. 

Drainage of used irrigation water is needed for about 400,000 acres in 
the San Luis Unit because a layer of clay prevents natural drainage, 
trapping salt and water in the root zone of crops and making these 
lands less productive. 

Begun in 1968, construction of the San Luis Drain was halted in the mid-
1970s before completion, in part because of environmental concerns, 
including harmful effects on wildlife, caused by the drainage water. 

In 2000, a federal court held that Reclamation was not necessarily 
required to construct a drainï¿½i.e., to complete the San Luis Drainï¿½but 
was obligated to provide a solution for draining the irrigated lands in 
the San Luis Unit. 

Four irrigation water districts in the San Luis Unit currently receive 
water from the CVP. Westlands is the largest, covering over three-
quarters of the land in the San Luis Unit. The three smaller districts 
are Pacheco, Panoche, and San Luis. 

Each irrigation water district contracts with Reclamation to deliver 
CVP water to the districtï¿½s farmers at a district-specific cost per 
acre-foot. Contracts are generally for a 25-year term. Farmers who 
receive CVP water pay their water district. 

In addition to irrigation water districts, CVP water is also used by 
others such as municipal and industrial entities, commercial power 
generators, and the state of California. 

Reclamation is considering two options to provide drainage for the San 
Luis Unit: 

* an option to be implemented by Reclamation, which includes land 
retirement, evaporation ponds, and other methods; and; 

* an option that would transfer drainage responsibility to the four San 
Luis Unit irrigation water districts, which would provide drainage in 
exchange for Reclamationï¿½s: 
- forgiving the irrigation water districtsï¿½ obligations to repay their 
portion of total CVP capital construction costs; 
- transferring title to certain facilities in the San Luis Unit to the 
irrigation water districts, and; 
- approving 60-year water supply contracts. 

Objectives: 

1. How much has the federal government spent to construct the CVP, 
including the San Luis Unit irrigation and drainage facilities, and 
what amount is reimbursable by water users? 

2. How much of the reimbursable CVP construction cost has been 
allocated to San Luis Unit irrigation water districts, and how much 
have they repaid? 

Scope and Methodology: 

To determine the CVP capital construction costs and the amount 
allocated to and reimbursed by irrigation water districts in the San 
Luis Unit, we analyzed Reclamationï¿½s CVP financial statements and cost 
allocation tables. 

We visited the San Luis Unit, met with Reclamationï¿½s Mid-Pacific region 
and Fresno area office management and financial staff, and we 
interviewed state and local stakeholders. 

We relied on the independent audit report issued by the public 
accounting firm KPMG for Reclamationï¿½s fiscal year 2006 financial 
statements for assurance of data reliability. 

The dollar amounts provided are the actual costs of construction, 
unadjusted for inflation. 

Objective 1: CVP Capital Construction Costs and Reimbursable Amounts: 

The total capital cost to construct the CVP as of September 30, 2006, 
is about $3.4 billion. 

Reclamation calculates how much of the capital construction cost is 
reimbursable under law. The costs assigned to the purposes of flood 
control, navigation, and water quality, and the majority of those 
assigned to fish and wildlife needs and recreation are not considered 
reimbursable. 

Reclamation then divides the total reimbursable construction costs 
among the various purposes of the CVP, such as supplying water to 
agriculture and cities and generating power. 

Overall, Reclamation has determined that about $2.9 billion, or 84 
percent of the $3.4 billion total CVP capital construction cost, is 
reimbursable. 

The reimbursable amount is distributed to various water users, such as 
irrigation water districts, which benefit from one or more of the 
purposes of the project. For example, irrigation water districts 
benefit primarily from water supply and power generation. 

Reclamation has determined that, according to the various benefits they 
receive from CVP, irrigation water districts are responsible for 
repaying about $1.6 billion, or 55 percent, of the reimbursable 
construction costs. Reimbursement of the remaining $1.3 billion is 
provided by others, such as municipal and industrial water users. 

Objective 1: San Luis Unit Capital Construction Costs: 

The total capital cost of constructing the San Luis Unit portion of the 
CVP, including land, land rights, and buildings, is $778 million, of 
which $722.5 million is for the unitï¿½s 28 storage, conveyance, and 
pumping facilities, and $55.5 million is for the San Luis Drain. 

Attachment 2 lists the San Luis Unit facilities and their individual 
costs. 

Objective 2: San Luis Unit Construction Costs Are Pooled With CVP 
Construction Costs: 

CVP water users are not specifically responsible for reimbursing the 
costs of constructing the facilities in their unit. Instead, water 
users are responsible for reimbursing a portion of the overall CVP 
costs through the water rates they pay. 

Therefore, most of the San Luis Unit construction costsï¿½with certain 
exceptionsï¿½are pooled for reimbursement with the costs of constructing 
the rest of the CVP. 

Certain construction costs are not pooled, such as the cost of the San 
Luis Drain, which is reimbursed solely by the Panoche, San Luis, and 
Westlands irrigation water districts; the costs of certain pumps are 
also paid solely by the districts they benefit. 

Objective 2: CVP Capital Construction Costs Allocated to San Luis Unit 
Irrigators: 

Of the $1.6 billion CVP-wide construction costs reimbursable by all CVP 
irrigation water districts, as of September 30, 2005, $523 million had 
been allocated to five San Luis Unit irrigation water districts: 
Broadview, Pacheco, Panoche, San Luis, and Westlands. 

As of September 30, 2005, the San Luis Unit irrigation water districts 
had paid about $74 million for their portion of CVP-wide capital 
construction costs, leaving about $449 million to be repaid by 2030. 

In addition, Westlands is solely responsible for repaying the cost of 
the districtï¿½s water distribution systemï¿½$179 million of the $1.6 
billion CVP-wide costs. As of September 30, 2006, Westlands had paid 
$131 million, leaving $48 million to be repaid. 

Objective 2: Allocated Costs Repaid and Remaining for San Luis Unit 
Water Districts: 

Water districts: Broadview[A]; 
Total CVP cost allocated: $6,320,674; 
Amount repaid: $1,383,979; 
Remaining reimbursement: $4,936,695. 

Water districts: Pacheco; 
Total CVP cost allocated: $2,705,562; 
Amount repaid: $1,298,282; 
Remaining reimbursement: $1,407,280. 

Water districts: Panoche; 
Total CVP cost allocated: $27,876,409; 
Amount repaid: $4,065,084; 
Remaining reimbursement: $23,811,325. 

Water districts: San Luis; 
Total CVP cost allocated: $48,792,775; 
Amount repaid: $2,212,196; 
Remaining reimbursement: $46,580,579. 

Water districts: Westlands; 
Total CVP cost allocated: $437,589,835; 
Amount repaid: $65,512,869; 
Remaining reimbursement: $372,076,966. 

Water districts: Total; 
Total CVP cost allocated: $523, 285,255; 
Amount repaid: $74,472,410; 
Remaining reimbursement: $448,812,845. 

Source: GAO analysis of Reclamation information. 

Note: Data in the table are as of September 30, 2005, which is the most 
current available data from Reclamation. 

[A] Effective March 1, 2007, Broadview was annexed by Westlands and has 
assigned all of its CVP water to Westlands. 

[End of table] 

Drainage Option Costs: 

Drainage option to be implemented by Reclamation: 

* According to Reclamationï¿½s preliminary estimate, the cost of 
providing drainage would total approximately $2.7 billion. 

Drainage option to be implemented by the San Luis Unit water 
districtsï¿½costs to the federal government may include: 

* forgiveness of the irrigation water districtsï¿½ responsibilities to 
repay their share of CVP capital construction costs: about $449 
million; 

* forgiveness of certain loan, interest, and operations and maintenance 
obligations: $48 million for Westlandsï¿½ distribution system, and other 
costs unknown; and; 

* transferring title to certain facilities: value unknown. 



Attachment 1: Map of the San Luis Unit and Drainage-Impaired Lands

[See PDF for image] 

This figure is a map of the San Luis Unit and drainage-impaired lands. 
Included is an inset map of the central California coastal region. The 
map of the San Luis Unit and drainage-impaired lands includes the 
following legend of depicted areas: 

Wetlands Drainage-Impaired Lands; 
Northerly Area Drainage-Impaired Lands; 
Non-Impacted Lands; 
San Luis Unit Boundary; 
Grassland Drainage Area; 
Existing San Luis Drain. 

Source: Bureau of Reclamation.

Attachment 2: San Luis Unit Facility Plant, Land, and Building Costs as of
September 30, 2006

Plant: Westlands Water District Distribution System; 
Cost: $174,913,748. 

Plant: San Luis Canal; 
Cost: $174,240,391. 

Plant: San Luis (Sisk) Dam and Reservoir; 
Cost: $92,625,645 

Plant: W.R. Gianelli Pump-Generating Plant; 
Cost: $69,192,444. 

Plant: San Luis Drain; 
Cost: $55,522,650. 

Plant: San Luis Relift Pumping Plant (Westlands Water District); 
Cost: $36,813,152. 

Plant: Dos Amigos Pumping Plant; 
Cost: $28,401,287. 

Plant: San Luis Canal Turnout; 
Cost: $18,237,587. 

Plant: O'Neill Dam, Forebay and Wasteway; 
Cost: $17,229,108. 

Plant: O'Neill Pumping Plant; 
Cost: $11,045,732. 

Plant: Pleasant Valley Pumping Plant; 
Cost: $9,605,828. 

Plant: Permanent Operating Facilities; 
Cost: $8,693,160. 

Plant: Coalinga Canal; 
Cost: $7,887,618. 

Plant: Los Banos Creek Detention Dam and Reservoir; 
Cost: $4,704,733. 

Plant: O'Neill Forebay and Wastewayï¿½Recreation; 
Cost: $3,621,984. 

Plant: San Luis Reservoirï¿½Recreation; 
Cost: $3,469,879. 

Plant: Little Panoche Creek Detention Dam and Reservoir; 
Cost: $3,279,302. 

Plant: O'Neill Pumping Plant Intake Channel; 
Cost: $1,457,253. 

Plant: San Luis Relift Pumping Plant (Pleasant Valley Water District); 
Cost: $1,362,467. 

Plant: Lemoore Naval Air Stationï¿½Municipal and Industrial; 
Cost: $1,139,037. 

Plant: San Luis Switchyard; 
Cost: $1,056,316. 

Plant: Dos Amigos Switchyard; 
Cost: $594,700. 

Plant: Los Banos Substationï¿½70kv Breaker; 
Cost: $447,408. 

Plant: Permanent Operating Facilitiesï¿½San Luis; 
Cost: $230,708. 

Plant: O'Neill Pumping Plant Switchyard; 
Cost: $212,474. 

Plant: City of Huron Distribution Systemï¿½Municipal and Industrial; 
Cost: $77,560. 

Plant: Fish and Wildlife Facility; 
Cost: $48,900. 

Plant: Los Banos Reservoirï¿½Recreation; 
Cost: $17,074. 

Plant: San Luis Canalï¿½Recreation; 
Cost: $561. 

Total facility plant cost: $726,128,705. 

Land and rights: 
Cost: $51,567,636. 

Buildings: 
Costs: $337,365. 

Total costs: $778,033,707. 

Source: GAO analysis of Bureau of Reclamation data.

Notes: Construction in progress on the San Luis Canal and the O'Neill
Pumping Plant totals $1,052,745. The dollar amounts provided are the
actual costs of construction, unadjusted for inflation. Totals may not add
due to rounding. The facility plant costs presented do not include the
associated land and land rights costs. Therefore, the total cost of
Westlands' distribution system to be repaid by the district is $179
million; $175 million for plant, and $4 million for land and land rights.

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