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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-63540; File No. SR-BX-2010-080]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Continue
the Practice Governing the Exchange's Directed Order Process on BOX and
Maintain the Effective Date Until December 31, 2010

December 14, 2010.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on December 13, 2010, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. (the ``Exchange'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed
rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been
prepared by the self-regulatory organization. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule from
interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to continue the practice governing the
Exchange's Directed Order \3\ process (``Pilot Program'') on the Boston
Options Exchange (``BOX'') and maintain the effective date until
December 31, 2010. The text of the proposed rule change is available on
the Exchange's Web site at http://nasdaqomxbx.cchwallstreet.com/
NASDAQOMXBX/Filings/, on the Commission's Web site at http://
www.sec.gov, at the Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference
Room.
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    \3\ Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings prescribed within the BOX Rules.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below. The self-regulatory organization
has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of the
most significant aspects of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to continue the practice governing the
Exchange's Directed Order \4\ process (``Pilot Program'') on the Boston
Options Exchange (``BOX'') and maintain the effective date until
December 31, 2010. On December 3, 2010 the Exchange proposed an
amendment to the BOX Rules governing the Directed Order process on BOX
to permit Executing Participants (``EPs'') to only receive Directed
Orders through the Trading Host from Order Flow Providers (``OFPs'')
whom the EP has designated.\5\ Shortly thereafter, the original
corresponding proposal (``BSE-2005-52'') will be withdrawn.\6\ Upon the
withdrawal of BSE-2005-52, the original Pilot Program (``BSE-2006-
14''), which clarified that Directed Orders on BOX are not anonymous
and has been operating successfully for over four-and-a-half years,\7\
will automatically expire.\8\ BSE-2006-14 has been in effect since
March 14, 2006 as the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') solicited comments and considered its effect on price
improvement.\9\ So as to allow BOX's current Directed Order rule and
process to continue on an uninterrupted basis, this new proposed Pilot
Program is designed to function in exactly the same manner as under
BSE-2006-14.\10\ The Exchange believes that the proposal does not raise
any additional or substantive issues from those raised when the
Exchange sought to implement BSE-2006-14. Additionally, the expiration
date will remain December 31, 2010.
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    \4\ Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings prescribed within the BOX Rules.
    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 63539 (December 3,
2010) (SR-BX-2010-079).
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 53357 (February 23,
2006), 71 FR 10730 (March 2, 2006) (SR-BSE-2005-52). Shortly after
the posting of the proposed new Pilot Program and BX-2010-079 on the
Commission's Web site, the Exchange plans to withdraw BSE-2005-52.
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 34-53516 (March 20,
2006), 71 FR 15232 (March 27, 2006) (SR-BSE-2006-14); 54082 (June
30, 2006), 71 FR 38913 (July 10, 2006) (SR-BSE-2006-29); 54469
(September 19, 2006), 71 FR 56201 (September 26, 2006) (SR-BSE-2006-
38); 55139 (January 19, 2007), 72 FR 3448 (January 25, 2007) (SR-
BSE-2007-01); 56014 (July 5, 2007), 72 FR 38104 (July 12, 2007) (SR-
BSE-2007-31); 57195 (January 24, 2008), 73 FR 5610 (January 30,
2008) (SR-BSE-2008-04); 59311 (January 28, 2009), 74 FR 6071
(February 4, 2009) (SR-BX-2009-007); 59983 (May 27, 2009), 74 FR
26445 (June 2, 2009) (SR-BX-2009-027); 61065 (November 25, 2009), 74
FR 62860 (December 1, 2009) (SR-BX-2009-076); 61577 (February 24,
2010), 75 FR 9464 (March 2, 2010) (SR-BX-2010-017); and 61929 (April
16, 2010), 75 FR 21085 (April 22, 2010) (SR-BX-2010-031).
    \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 62366 (June 23,
2010), 75 FR 37863 (June 30, 2010) (SR-BX-2010-041).
    \9\ See BSE-2006-14.
    \10\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61929 (April 16,
2010), 75 FR 21085 (April 22, 2010) (SR-BX-2010-031).
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    This pilot period will afford the Commission the necessary time to
consider the Exchange's corresponding proposal to amend the BOX Rules
to permit EPs to only receive Directed Orders through the Trading Host
from OFPs whom the EP has designated.\11\ In the event the Commission
reaches a decision with respect to the corresponding Exchange proposal
to amend the BOX Rules before December 31, 2010, the proposed Pilot
Program governing the Directed Order process on BOX will cease to be
effective at the time of that decision.
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    \11\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 63539 (December 3,
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposal is consistent with the
requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act,\12\ in general, and Section
6(b)(5) of the Act,\13\ in particular, in that it is designed to foster
cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating,
clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and
facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism for a free and open market and a national market
system and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest.
In particular, in order to continue the Directed Order process on an
uninterrupted basis, the proposal is designed to function in exactly
the same manner as BOX's current Directed Order process under BSE-2006-
14, clarifying that Directed Orders on BOX are not anonymous.\14\ This
proposed rule filing seeks to maintain the rule's effectiveness until
December 31, 2010. This pilot period will afford the Commission the
necessary time to consider the Exchange's corresponding proposal to
amend the BOX Rules to permit EPs to only receive Directed Orders
through the Trading Host from OFPs whom the EP has designated.
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \14\ See supra note 10.
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition not

necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments Regarding the
Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others

    The Exchange has neither solicited nor received comments on the
proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action

    Because the foregoing proposed rule change: (1) Does not
significantly affect the protection of investors or the public
interest; (2) does not impose any significant burden on competition;
and (3) by its terms does not become operative for 30 days after the
date of this filing, or such shorter time as the Commission may
designate if consistent with the protection of investors and the public
interest, the proposed rule change has become effective pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A) \15\ of the Act and Rule 19b-4(f)(6)
thereunder.\16\
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    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \16\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii)
requires a self-regulatory organization to provide the Commission
with written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change,
along with a brief description and text of the proposed rule change,
at least five business days prior to the date of filing of the
proposed rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the
Commission. The Exchange has met this requirement.
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    A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \17\ normally
may not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of filing.
However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) \18\ permits the Commission to designate
a shorter time if such action is consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest. The Exchange requests that the
Commission waive the 30-day operative delay, as specified in Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii),\19\ which would make the rule change effective and
operative upon filing. The Commission believes that waiving the 30-day
operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the
public interest because such waiver would continue the pilot for
Directed Orders that has operated under BSE-2006-14. The Pilot Program
is designed to function in exactly the same manner as under BSE-2006-
14. A waiver would therefore continue to conform the BOX rules to BOX's
current practice without interruption and clarify that Directed Orders
on BOX are not anonymous.\20\ Accordingly, the Commission designates
the proposed rule change operative upon filing with the Commission.
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    \17\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \18\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \19\ Id.
    \20\ For purposes only of waiving the operative delay for this
proposal, the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact
on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
78c(f).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://
www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml ); or
     Send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-BX-2010-080 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-BX-2010-080. This file
number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies
of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., Washington,
DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3
p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection and
copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments received
will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal
identifying information from submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make publicly available. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR-BX-2010-080 and should be submitted on
or before January 10, 2011.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\21\
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    \21\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18365-18366]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06697]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP22-25-000]

Notice of Scoping Period Requesting Comments on Environmental
Issues for the Proposed Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC Calcasieu
Pass Uprate Amendment Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an environmental document, that will discuss
the environmental impacts of the Calcasieu Pass Uprate Amendment
Project (Project) involving operation of facilities by Venture Global
Calcasieu Pass, LLC (Calcasieu Pass) in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The
Commission will use this environmental document in its decision-making
process to determine whether the project is in the public interest.
    This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested
agencies regarding the project. As part of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) review process, the Commission takes into account
concerns the public may have about proposals and the environmental
impacts that could result from its action whenever it considers the
issuance of an authorization. This gathering of public input is
referred to as ``scoping.'' The main goal of the scoping process is to
focus the analysis in the environmental document on the important
environmental issues. Additional information about the Commission's
NEPA process is described below in the NEPA Process and Environmental
Document section of this notice.
    By this notice, the Commission requests public comments on the
scope of issues to address in the environmental document. To ensure
that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your
comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 25, 2022. Comments may be
submitted in written form. Further details on how to submit comments
are provided in the Public Participation section of this notice.
    Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects,
reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental
impacts. Your input will help the Commission staff determine what
issues they need to evaluate in the environmental document. Commission
staff will consider all written comments during the preparation of the
environmental document.
    If you submitted comments on this project to the Commission before
the opening of this docket on December 3, 2021, you will need to file
those comments in Docket No. CP22-25-000 to ensure they are considered
as part of this proceeding.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and local government
representatives should notify their constituents of this proposed
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
    Venture Global provided landowners with a fact sheet prepared by
the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What
Do I Need To Know?'' which addresses typically asked questions,
including the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the
Commission's proceedings. This fact sheet along with other landowner
topics of interest are available for viewing on the FERC website
(www.ferc.gov) under the Natural Gas Questions or Landowner Topics
link.

Public Participation

    There are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the
Commission. Please carefully follow these instructions so that your
comments are properly recorded. The Commission encourages electronic
filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-
3676 or [email protected].
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature, which is located on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov)
under the link to FERC Online. Using eComment is an easy method for
submitting brief, text-only comments on a project;
    (2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is also located on the Commission's website
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC Online. With eFiling, you can
provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file
with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by
clicking on ``eRegister.'' You will be asked to select the type of
filing you are making; a comment on a particular project is considered
a ``Comment on a Filing''; or
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP22-
25-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Additionally, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription which makes it easy to stay informed of all issuances and
submittals regarding the dockets/projects to which you subscribe. These
instant email notifications are the fastest way to receive notification
and provide a link to the document files which can reduce the amount of
time you spend researching proceedings. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to register for eSubscription.

Summary of the Proposed Project

    Calcasieu Pass proposes to increase the Export Terminal's
authorized peak liquefaction capacity achievable under optimal
conditions from 12.0 million metric tons per annum to 12.4 million
metric tons per annum of LNG--or from approximately 620 billion cubic
feet to approximately 640.666 billion cubic feet per year (gas
equivalence). According to Calcasieu Pass, this proposed increase in
the peak liquefaction capacity reflects refinements in the conditions
and assumptions concerning the maximum potential operations. The
requested increase does not involve the

construction of any new facilities nor any modification of the
previously authorized facilities. There would be no land disturbance
required for this Project.
    The general location of the Calcasieu Pass Export Terminal is shown
in appendix 1.\1\
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    \1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in
the Federal Register. Copies of the appendices were sent to all
those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at
www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary''. For instructions on
connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. At
this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's
Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19),
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact
FERC at [email protected] or call toll free,<PHONE_NUMBER>
or TTY<PHONE_NUMBER>.
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NEPA Process and the Environmental Document

    Any environmental document issued by the Commission will discuss
impacts that could occur as a result of the proposed project uprate
under the relevant general resource areas:
     Environmental justice;
     air quality; and
     reliability and safety.
    Commission staff will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the
proposed project or portions of the project and make recommendations on
how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. Your
comments will help Commission staff identify and focus on the issues
that might have an effect on the human environment and potentially
eliminate others from further study and discussion in the environmental
document.
    Commission staff will determine whether to prepare an Environmental
Assessment (EA) or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which will
present Commission staff's independent analysis of the issues. If
Commission staff prepares an EA, a Notice of Schedule for the
Preparation of an Environmental Assessment will be issued. The EA may
be issued for an allotted public comment period. The Commission would
consider timely comments on the EA before making its decision regarding
the proposed project. If Commission staff prepares an EIS, a Notice of
Intent to Prepare an EIS/Notice of Schedule will be issued, which will
open up an additional comment period. Staff will then prepare a draft
EIS which will be issued for public comment. Commission staff will
consider all timely comments received during the comment period on the
draft EIS and revise the document, as necessary, before issuing a final
EIS. Any EA or draft and final EIS will be available in electronic
format in the public record through eLibrary \2\ and the Commission's
natural gas environmental documents web page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents). If
eSubscribed, you will receive instant email notification when the
environmental document is issued.
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    \2\ For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to the
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    With this notice, the Commission is asking agencies with
jurisdiction by law and/or special expertise with respect to the
environmental issues of this project to formally cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental document.\3\ Agencies that would like
to request cooperating agency status should follow the instructions for
filing comments provided under the Public Participation section of this
notice.
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    \3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
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Consultation Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act

    In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's
implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, the Commission is using this notice to initiate
consultation with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office(s),
and to solicit their views and those of other government agencies,
interested Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential
effects on historic properties.\4\ The environmental document for this
project will document findings on the impacts on historic properties
and summarize the status of consultations under section 106.
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    \4\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic
Places.
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Environmental Mailing List

    The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other
interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also
includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's
regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property
may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within
certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits
comments on the project and includes a mailing address with their
comments. Commission staff will update the environmental mailing list
as the analysis proceeds to ensure that Commission notices related to
this environmental review are sent to all individuals, organizations,
and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by
the proposed project.
    If you need to make changes to your name/address, or if you would
like to remove your name from the mailing list, please complete one of
the following steps:
    (1) Send an email to [email protected] stating your
request. You must include the docket number CP22-25-000 in your
request. If you are requesting a change to your address, please be sure
to include your name and the correct address. If you are requesting to
delete your address from the mailing list, please include your name and
address as it appeared on this notice. This email address is unable to
accept comments.
    OR
    (2) Return the attached ``Mailing List Update Form'' (appendix 2).

Additional Information

    Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number
in the ``Docket Number'' field. Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at [email protected] or<PHONE_NUMBER>, or for TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
    Public sessions or site visits will be posted on the Commission's
calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/events along with
other related information.

    Dated: March 24, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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