83_FR_39540 83 FR 39386 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Knoxville, TN; and Establishment of Class E Airspace, Madisonville, TN

83 FR 39386 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Knoxville, TN; and Establishment of Class E Airspace, Madisonville, TN

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 154 (August 9, 2018)

Page Range39386-39387
FR Document2018-16865

This supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking proposes to move Monroe County Airport, Madisonville, TN, associated with the Knoxville, TN, McGhee-Tyson Airport, and establish it as stand-alone airspace with its own designation. This proposal is necessary to further the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at this airport.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39386-39387]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16865]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-1214; Airspace Docket No. 17-ASO-24]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Knoxville, TN; and 
Establishment of Class E Airspace, Madisonville, TN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).

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SUMMARY: This supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking proposes to 
move Monroe County Airport, Madisonville, TN, associated with the 
Knoxville, TN, McGhee-Tyson Airport, and establish it as stand-alone 
airspace with its own designation. This proposal is necessary to 
further the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) 
operations at this airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 10, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 
Bldg. Ground Floor, Rm. W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 1 
(800) 647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify the Docket No. 
FAA-2017-1214; Airspace Docket No. 17-ASO-24, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit and review received comments through the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov. You may review the public 
docket containing the proposal, any comments received, and any final 
disposition in person in the Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
    FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and 
subsequent amendments can be viewed on line at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the 
Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783. The Order is also available for inspection at the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the 
availability of FAA Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go 
to https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fornito, Operations Support 
Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 
Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) 305-6364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

    The FAA published a NPRM for Docket No. FAA-2017-1214 in the 
Federal Register (83 FR 19474; May 3, 2018) to amend Class E airspace 
in Knoxville, TN, by amending McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville Downtown 
Island Airport, and University of Tennessee Medical Center Heliport. 
The comment period closed June 18, 2018. No comments were received. 
Subsequent to publication, the FAA determined that Monroe County 
Airport, Madisonville, TN, which is listed in the legal description for 
McGhee-Tyson Airport, should be removed from the Knoxville, TN, 
airspace designation for the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 
feet above the surface, and be established under its own designation of 
Madisonville, TN. The FAA seeks comments on this SNPRM.

Comments Invited

    Interested persons are invited to comment on this rule by 
submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as they may desire. 
Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the views and 
suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing reasoned 
regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are specifically invited 
on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, environmental, and 
energy-related aspects of the proposal.
    Communications should identify both docket numbers and be submitted 
in triplicate to the address listed above. You may also submit comments 
through the internet at http://www.regulations .gov.
    Persons wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on 
this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped 
postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket 
No. FAA-2017-1214; Airspace Docket No. 17-ASO-24.'' The postcard will 
be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
    All communications received before the specified closing date for 
comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule. 
The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in light of the 
comments received. A report summarizing each substantive public contact 
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of SNPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking 
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for address and phone number) between 
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal 
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined between 8:00 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays at the office 
of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 
350, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA 30337.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2017, and effective 
September 15, 2017. FAA Order 7400.11B is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and 
reporting points.

The Supplemental Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by removing the Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet or more above the surface within a 6.5-mile radius 
of Monroe County Airport, Knoxville, TN, from the Knoxville, TN, 
designation associated with McGhee-Tyson Airport. Airspace would then 
be established for Monroe County Airport under its own designation of 
Madisonville, TN, within an 8.5-mile radius of the airport.
    This change does not affect the other proposed amendments as 
published in the NPRM.
    Class E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6005 of 
FAA

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Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, and effective September 15, 2017, 
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 
designation listed in this document will be published subsequently in 
the Order.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
It, therefore: (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); 
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation as the 
anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter that 
will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
certified that this proposed rule, when promulgated, will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Environmental Review

    This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in 
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies 
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.

Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 
10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.11B, Airspace Designations and Reporting 
Points, dated August 3, 2017, and effective September 15, 2017, is 
amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.

* * * * *

ASO TN E5 Knoxville, TN [Amended]

McGhee-Tyson Airport, TN
    (Lat. 35[deg]48'34'' N, long. 83[deg]59'43'' W)
Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, TN
    (Lat. 35[deg]51'28'' N, long. 83[deg]31'43'' W)
Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, TN
    (Lat. 35[deg]57'50'' N, long. 83[deg]52'25'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 15.4-mile radius of McGhee-Tyson Airport, and within a 13-
mile radius of Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, and from the 
080[deg] bearing from Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport clockwise to 
the 210[deg] bearing extending from the 13-mile radius southeast to 
the 33-mile radius centered on Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, and 
within an 8-mile radius of Knoxville Downtown Island Airport.

ASO TN E5 Madisonville, TN [New]

Monroe County Airport, TN,
    (Lat. 35[deg]32'43'' N, long. 84[deg]22'49'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 8.5-mile radius of Monroe County Airport.

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 30, 2018.
Ryan W. Almasy,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2018-16865 Filed 8-8-18; 8:45 am]
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39386 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 154 / Thursday, August 9, 2018 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace will be considered before taking action Designations and Reporting Points, is on the proposed rule. The proposal Federal Aviation Administration published yearly and effective on contained in this notice may be changed September 15. in light of the comments received. A 14 CFR Part 71 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John report summarizing each substantive [Docket No. FAA–2017–1214; Airspace Fornito, Operations Support Group, public contact with FAA personnel Docket No. 17–ASO–24] Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation concerned with this rulemaking will be Administration, 1701 Columbia Avenue, filed in the docket. RIN 2120–AA66 College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) Availability of SNPRMs Proposed Amendment of Class E 305–6364. An electronic copy of this document Airspace, Knoxville, TN; and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: may be downloaded through the Establishment of Class E Airspace, History internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Madisonville, TN Recently published rulemaking The FAA published a NPRM for AGENCY: Federal Aviation documents can also be accessed through Docket No. FAA–2017–1214 in the Administration (FAA), DOT. the FAA’s web page at http:// Federal Register (83 FR 19474; May 3, ACTION: Supplemental notice of www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ 2018) to amend Class E airspace in proposed rulemaking (SNPRM). airspace_amendments/. Knoxville, TN, by amending McGhee- You may review the public docket Tyson Airport, Knoxville Downtown containing the proposal, any comments SUMMARY: This supplemental notice of Island Airport, and University of proposed rulemaking proposes to move received and any final disposition in Tennessee Medical Center Heliport. The person in the Dockets Office (see the Monroe County Airport, Madisonville, comment period closed June 18, 2018. TN, associated with the Knoxville, TN, ADDRESSES section for address and No comments were received. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and McGhee-Tyson Airport, and establish it Subsequent to publication, the FAA as stand-alone airspace with its own 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, determined that Monroe County except federal holidays. An informal designation. This proposal is necessary Airport, Madisonville, TN, which is to further the safety and management of docket may also be examined between listed in the legal description for 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations McGhee-Tyson Airport, should be at this airport. through Friday, except federal holidays removed from the Knoxville, TN, at the office of the Eastern Service DATES: Comments must be received on airspace designation for the Class E or before September 10, 2018. Center, Federal Aviation airspace extending upward from 700 Administration, Room 350, 1701 ADDRESSES: Send comments on this feet above the surface, and be Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA proposal to: U.S. Department of established under its own designation of 30337. Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 Madisonville, TN. The FAA seeks New Jersey Avenue SE, West Bldg. comments on this SNPRM. Availability and Summary of Ground Floor, Rm. W12–140, Documents for Incorporation by Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 1 Comments Invited Reference (800) 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You Interested persons are invited to This document proposes to amend must identify the Docket No. FAA– comment on this rule by submitting FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace 2017–1214; Airspace Docket No. 17– such written data, views, or arguments, Designations and Reporting Points, ASO–24, at the beginning of your as they may desire. Comments that dated August 3, 2017, and effective comments. You may also submit and provide the factual basis supporting the September 15, 2017. FAA Order review received comments through the views and suggestions presented are 7400.11B is publicly available as listed internet at http://www.regulations.gov. particularly helpful in developing in the ADDRESSES section of this You may review the public docket reasoned regulatory decisions on the document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists containing the proposal, any comments proposal. Comments are specifically Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, received, and any final disposition in invited on the overall regulatory, air traffic service routes, and reporting person in the Dockets Office between aeronautical, economic, environmental, points. 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday and energy-related aspects of the through Friday, except federal holidays. proposal. The Supplemental Proposal FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace Communications should identify both The FAA is considering an Designations and Reporting Points, and docket numbers and be submitted in amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal subsequent amendments can be viewed triplicate to the address listed above. Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by on line at http://www.faa.gov/air_ You may also submit comments through removing the Class E airspace extending traffic/publications/. For further the internet at http://www.regulations upward from 700 feet or more above the information, you can contact the .gov. surface within a 6.5-mile radius of Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Persons wishing the FAA to Monroe County Airport, Knoxville, TN, Administration, 800 Independence acknowledge receipt of their comments from the Knoxville, TN, designation Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; on this action must submit with those associated with McGhee-Tyson Airport. telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is comments a self-addressed stamped Airspace would then be established for sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS also available for inspection at the postcard on which the following Monroe County Airport under its own National Archives and Records statement is made: ‘‘Comments to designation of Madisonville, TN, within Administration (NARA). For Docket No. FAA–2017–1214; Airspace an 8.5-mile radius of the airport. information on the availability of FAA Docket No. 17–ASO–24.’’ The postcard This change does not affect the other Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) will be date/time stamped and returned proposed amendments as published in 741–6030, or go to https:// to the commenter. the NPRM. www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ All communications received before Class E airspace designations are ibr-locations.html. the specified closing date for comments published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:04 Aug 08, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\09AUP1.SGM 09AUP1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 154 / Thursday, August 9, 2018 / Proposed Rules 39387 Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas EPA is proposing to approve the and effective September 15, 2017, which Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More interstate transport portions of these is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Above the Surface of the Earth. infrastructure SIPs for the 71.1. The Class E airspace designation * * * * * aforementioned states as demonstrating listed in this document will be ASO TN E5 Knoxville, TN [Amended] that air emissions in the states do not published subsequently in the Order. significantly contribute to McGhee-Tyson Airport, TN (Lat. 35°48′34″ N, long. 83°59′43″ W) nonattainment or interfere with Regulatory Notices and Analyses Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, TN maintenance of the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS The FAA has determined that this (Lat. 35°51′28″ N, long. 83°31′43″ W) in any other state. proposed regulation only involves an Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, TN DATES: Comments must be received on established body of technical (Lat. 35°57′50″ N, long. 83°52′25″ W) or before August 30, 2018. regulations for which frequent and That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 15.4-mile ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, routine amendments are necessary to radius of McGhee-Tyson Airport, and within identified by Docket ID No EPA–R04– keep them operationally current. It, a 13-mile radius of Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge OAR–2016–0334 at http:// therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant Airport, and from the 080° bearing from www.regulations.gov. Follow the online regulatory action’’ under Executive Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport clockwise to instructions for submitting comments. Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant the 210° bearing extending from the 13-mile Once submitted, comments cannot be rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies radius southeast to the 33-mile radius edited or removed from Regulations.gov. and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February centered on Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, EPA may publish any comment received 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant and within an 8-mile radius of Knoxville Downtown Island Airport. to its public docket. Do not submit preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation electronically any information you as the anticipated impact is so minimal. ASO TN E5 Madisonville, TN [New] consider to be Confidential Business Since this is a routine matter that will Monroe County Airport, TN, Information (CBI) or other information only affect air traffic procedures and air (Lat. 35°32′43″ N, long. 84°22′49″ W) whose disclosure is restricted by statute. navigation, it is certified that this That airspace extending upward from 700 Multimedia submissions (audio, video, proposed rule, when promulgated, will feet above the surface within an 8.5-mile etc.) must be accompanied by a written not have a significant economic impact radius of Monroe County Airport. comment. The written comment is on a substantial number of small entities Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 30, considered the official comment and under the criteria of the Regulatory 2018. should include discussion of all points Flexibility Act. Ryan W. Almasy, you wish to make. EPA will generally Environmental Review Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern not consider comments or comment Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. contents located outside of the primary This proposal will be subject to an submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or [FR Doc. 2018–16865 Filed 8–8–18; 8:45 am] environmental analysis in accordance other file sharing system). For with FAA Order 1050.1F, BILLING CODE 4910–13–P additional submission methods, the full ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and EPA public comment policy, Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final information about CBI or multimedia regulatory action. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY submissions, and general guidance on Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 making effective comments, please visit 40 CFR Part 52 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ Airspace, Incorporation by reference, commenting-epa-dockets. Navigation (air). [EPA–R04–OAR–2016–0334; FRL–9982– 00—Region 4] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Proposed Amendment Richard Wong of the Air Regulatory In consideration of the foregoing, the Air Plan Approval; AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, Management Section, Air Planning and Federal Aviation Administration NC, SC, TN; Interstate Transport for Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS and Toxics Management Division, U.S. follows: Environmental Protection Agency, AGENCY: Environmental Protection Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Agency (EPA). PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Georgia 30303–8960. Mr. Wong can be ACTION: Proposed rule. reached by telephone at (404) 562–8726 B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection or via electronic mail at wong.richard@ REPORTING POINTS Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve epa.gov. portions of State Implementation Plan SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 (SIP) submissions from Alabama, continues to read as follows: I. Background Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, North Carolina, South Carolina, and On December 14, 2012, EPA revised 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, Tennessee addressing the Clean Air Act the primary annual PM2.5 NAAQS to 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. (CAA or Act) interstate transport 12.0 micrograms per cubic meter (mg/ infrastructure SIP requirements for the m3). See 78 FR 3086 (January 15, 2013). sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS § 71.1 [Amended] 2012 Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) An area meets the standard if the three- ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in National Ambient Air Quality Standards year average of its annual average PM2.5 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation (NAAQS). The CAA requires that each concentration (at each monitoring site in Administration Order 7400.11B, state adopt and submit a SIP for the the area) is less than or equal to 12.0 mg/ Airspace Designations and Reporting implementation, maintenance, and m3. States were required to submit Points, dated August 3, 2017, and enforcement of each NAAQS infrastructure SIP submissions for the effective September 15, 2017, is promulgated by EPA, commonly 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS to EPA no later than amended as follows: referred to as an ‘‘infrastructure SIP.’’ December 14, 2015. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:04 Aug 08, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\09AUP1.SGM 09AUP1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionSupplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before September 10, 2018.
ContactJohn Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA 30337; telephone (404) 305-6364.
FR Citation83 FR 39386 
RIN Number2120-AA66
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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