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1. Mineral exploration company hopes Inflation Reduction Act will create support for mining in central Wisconsin
2. Two Green Bay businesses receive Wisconsin Recycling Excellence Awards
3. Wisconsin AG Kaul files suit against Didion, alleging dozens of environmental violations
4. OPINION: Wisconsin takes a step toward a misguided highway expansion that would harm residents, the environment
5. 2022 Annual Gala - Wisconsin Microfinance
6. WATERshed Program of Southeast Wisconsin awarded grant
7. What should I do about PFAS in my water?
8. Peshtigo residents worry drilling 450 feet into the ground for a new water supply won`t solve `forever chemical` problems
9. GFL receives green light for landfill expansion in Wisconsin
10. Venture Dairy Cooperative, Wisconsin Dairy Alliance: Member converting manure into jet fuel
11. UW researchers working to improve and simplify models for how PFAS flows through the ground
12. Green Bay Packaging honored for large investment in sustainability

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The historian (whose latest book is "Silent Spring Revolution") says the example of author Rachel Carson, who helped spur the environmental movement of the 1960s and `70s, should be remembered by voters – and the federal government – who need to understand climate change is the primary challenge of our time...
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Ken Notes: I saw this on Sunday Morning and was glad to see I was not alone. We need to wake up again and address our environment in a bipartisan way with business at the table. Only by working together can we make long term policy that is good for our grandchildren.

The years spanning 1970-1980, known as the environmental decade, began with the passing of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) signed by Richard Nixon on January 1, 1970.

President Kennedy had a deep appreciation for the natural world. He established three national seashores to protect coastlines and oceans, promoted a youth conservation corps.

Gov. Evers Announces DNR Secretary Cole Retirement.

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Ken Notes: This will be an important replacement in the new Evers administration, I hope we can find a person with both a strong love for environment and a willingness to work with business, developers, sportsmen and tourism to make Wisconsin a special place for decades to come.

We need far more public private partnerships to create destinations for people to visit our state. We need to focus on solutions for providing clean pure water for every Wisconsinite. We need farm regulation and monitoring to ensure we protect our watersheds. The DNR will need a seat at the table as we transition into more renewable energy. We need to build a bipartisan policy to reduce carbon, source point pollution, effectively mange the great lakes, our waterways, and the aquifer.

MADISON – A mineral exploration company interested in deposits in central Wisconsin plans to use little-known environmental provisions in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act to help fund its search for critical minerals and drum up support for mining projects in the state.

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Ken Notes: I would like to make an opinionated observation on policy over the last decade, when we refuse to offer bipartisan input and draft well worded, enforceable, outcome based legislation we set ourselves up for companies and individuals to take advantage of the resulting legislation. While I like and support our pandemic recovery legislation, I know of many examples of where it is being abused. There is almost no oversight, no followup, and little enforcement of bad practices. If America were a company we would be in very bad shape....

 A pair of cases before Wisconsin regulators seek to clarify the state’s position on third-party-owned solar installations, in which the entity that owns the array is different from the property owner that will use the electricity.

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Ken Notes: I have always wondered why our legislators refuse to look at the solutions from other states. Also we need to create a way to sit down and negotiate meaningful long term policy around this issue. I have strongly advocated for a more distributed network but realize the need for a strong grid and utilities to maintain it. We are not looking forward and we do not have enough people at the table...

Wisconsin will get almost $1.5 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to monitor air quality in communities that are vulnerable to air pollution.

The state Department of Natural Resources, the city of Madison and the Children`s Health Alliance of Wisconsin — which is affiliated with Children`s Hospital of Wisconsin — will split the funding, according to a news release from the EPA.
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Ken Notes: Once again we may find out what we already know without a clear path to the solution. I would much rather sit down with business and talk about our long term future by working together.

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Ken Notes: Let me add that Wisconsinites should benefit from transmission that "passes" through our state. We remain in the just say no position so when systems are built anyway we are not at the table to protect our lands, develop trails, improve public access, build parks, and improve tourism. When we see yet another political shift tomorrow remember that yo-yo policy is not good for anyone!

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Ken Notes: A "public" utility is really a private business at its core and has to answer to investors. That makes these negotiations very difficult at best. Add politics to the mix and it becomes damn near impossible. The "fixed charge" element of your bill is needed to maintain the grid, but a 100K home pays the same as a 500K home so the burden is shifted to those who can afford it least. When energy was cheap utilities wanted to raise this amount, now energy is more expensive (and profitable) so they want to lower these fees because they know it is not as significant to the bottom line. Also some of this money is being used to get power to other states which is wrong on every level. We need a comprehensive look and adjustment across the board and it is a very complex issue. Leadership on this issue does not seem to exist and that is also a problem...

More than $2.7 billion in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has now been announced for Wisconsin, according to an overview provided by Biden administration officials....

...It also shows Wisconsin has been awarded $25.8 million for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program. Plus, $3.79 million is going directly to communities in the state for “clean transit buses and improved bus service” through a Department of Transportation program....

...The fact sheet also spotlights: $109 million being allocated to the state this year for clean energy; $42 million for Wisconsin airports this year; $32 million for state ports and waterways this year; $70.9 million for infrastructure resilience this year; and $6.5 million this year for cleaning up contaminated sites in the state...

..Landrieu also touched on regional environmental programs funded with federal dollars.

“In Wisconsin and across many states we’re spending up to $1 billion to restore and clean up the Great Lakes, which is going to secure clean water and a better environment for millions of Americans,” he said. ...

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GREEN BAY – Two Green Bay businesses were recipients of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 2022 Wisconsin Recycling Excellence Awards.

The winners were announced on Nov. 15 — America Recycles Day — and are ranked at the top of a list of nonprofits, schools and local governments who demonstrate the state’s “strong commitment to waste reduction and recycling through their projects and initiatives, overall program, innovation or special events,” according to the DNR.

“The award recipients shared several reasons why waste reduction and diversion are important to them, including saving landfill space and resources, reducing pollution and promoting sustainability. But the resounding motivation was strengthening their community. Many of the winners conduct outreach, work closely with partners and provide valuable services for residents and local businesses.”

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Ken Notes: This is clearly an opinion piece and should have been presented as such. But national attention on the issue in interesting, we need to have a good discussion on this issue...

Mahone Middle School sixth science teacher Jamian Knuth has been awarded the 2022 Formal Educator of the Year Award by the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education.

The award is in recognition of his ongoing effort in combining environmental education into teaching.

The Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education said Knuth, who has been a teacher at Mahone for the last five years, “has demonstrated innovation and expertise in incorporating place-based environmental education into his science curricula.”

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Critics say a proposed rate hike by We Energies for new solar and natural gas generation pits low-income residents against clean energy advocates, taking too much profit for shareholders.

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Ken Notes:This is a conversation we need to have with all the players at table. I also think we need to understand Wisconsin`s role in moving green from west to east and the "cost" of decommissioning coal and nuclear. Investments made by the major players is important but we also have the opportunity to have a more distributed system by allowing smaller players into the arena. It is too bad that our political system is no longer functioning in a bipartisan mode where we could discuss this...

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Ken Notes: This is a MUST READ, share and archive resource for future reference. It is the best primer I have seen and answers most of the questions you may have.

Fourth-grader Alessandra Sullivan was relishing her time outdoors at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center during last week’s warm spell.

“When you are out here in the woods, it just feels so nice,” said Alessandra, who attends Nuestro Mundo Community School. “I should be outside a lot more because it’s so nice.”

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Ken Notes: We also need a catch and release program to make sure the population is the woods not the pasture. Much of sports fishing has gone to catch and release, how can we create and industry similar to this for wolves. Of course my favorite way to shoot a wolf is with a camera...

The Wisconsin Legislature’s powerful Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved five settlements between the Wisconsin Department of Justice and state companies that had violated the law on Tuesday.

The settlements involved two companies that had violated state environmental rules and three companies that had violated state consumer protection rules...
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Ken Notes: Actually the policy of negotiated settlements in these cases is a positive in that in now allows us to focus on the actual issues and not linger in the court system. It will be interesting to see if we can have similar results with PFAS, transmission and pipe lines, and ag runoff cases.

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Ken Notes: For those of us that remember Tom from his UW days, this is his new project and passion.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — Engineering students have new opportunities for scholarships at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

UW-Platteville is the recipient of a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Some students with low-income backgrounds can get a scholarship of up to $10,000, renewable each year. The goal is to help develop engineers who have a holistic community and place-based perspective that will appropriately address justice, equity and inclusion.

“We want future civil and environmental engineers to be aware of the social needs in a community. Historically, engineers have focused on physical aspects of a location and not people,” said Dr. Christina Curras, chair of the UW-Platteville Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. “For example, if you put a road through an area, you are dividing a community that can no longer walk to each other. Or, people don’t want a wastewater plant in their backyard, so where does it end up? Often, these decisions disproportionally affect underrepresented, and/or poorer populations.”

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Ken Notes: good points...

PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of widespread man-made chemicals that don’t break down in the environment or the human body and have been flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country.

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area.
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Ken Notes: A dozen good stories at the link! The chemical fire in the UP, suggest that PFAS is not going to be banned anytime soon... Remember Wisconsin Cities with a population of over 50,000 will be required to test their water for PFAS beginning Nov. 1...

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Ken Notes: Just a thought, 3M has some of the brightest minds in the world regarding filtration and water treatment. Why not ask them for solutions and implementation instead of a prolonged lawsuit. I`d like to see a new environmental policy directive - If you break it you must fix it!

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RACINE — The nonprofit WATERshed Program of Southeast Wisconsin was recently awarded the Powering Communities Award and $5,000 grant from Exelon Foundation to support its award-winning, hands-on environmental education program for Racine students during the 2022-2023 school year.

Kandy Helson, vice president of WATERshed’s board of directors and an employee of Exelon, was the winner of its 2022 Powering Communities Employee Volunteer Award. The Exelon Foundation is advancing Helson’s efforts by awarding a $5,000 grant to the WATERshed Program...
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A consumer guide details how people can deal with harmful PFAS in local water sources being detected nationwide, including around Wisconsin.

Tap water is typically the main source of exposure for people living near contaminated sites. But that doesn`t mean you have to stop showering. Little PFAS enter the body through the skin, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Bathing and washing dishes with PFAS-contaminated water is unlikely to significantly increase exposure, the agency says.

How much PFAS is harmful?

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Ken Notes: A bit of a rerun, but the Wisconsin Watch story is worth repeating. If you are a local media outlet you can rerun this as well. This is a great resource!

A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire professor is being recognized nationally for his commitment to and excellence in mentoring undergraduate student researchers.

Dr. Douglas Faulkner, professor of geography, is the recipient of the 2022 Faculty Mentor Award by the Geosciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

“This national award recognizes the outstanding mentoring Dr. Faulkner provides undergraduate students engaged in student-faculty collaborative research,” says Dr. Erica Benson, interim director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) at UW-Eau Claire. “Moreover, it is a testament to the reputation of UW-Eau Claire as a leader in undergraduate research.”...

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A research group says levels of the controversial and drift-prone weedkiller dicamba have more than tripled in the urine samples of people in the Midwest — even in urban areas.

Since 2017 — when the herbicide took on prominence and widespread use as an “over-the-top” spray for certain crops — there has been a more than 300% increase in levels of the chemical found in the urine of pregnant women in the region, according to the findings from the Heartland Health Research Alliance, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit...
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Ken Notes: We will see more of this as Dicamba is targeted at weeds that have developed resistance to other herbicide like Glyphosate. Our agriculture industry in now dependent on these bio-engineered products grown in fields "cleared" with Glyphosate and Dicamba.

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Tyco Fire Products is offering to dig deep wells for Peshtigo residents with private wells polluted with PFAS. They say it won`t ensure clean water.

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Ken Notes: Actually science suggest deep wells should work. We need to ensure this aquifer remains pure by restricting its use in AG and Manufacturing processes.

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — The company that owns the rights to a metal deposit in Marathon County is working to provide more environmental impact information to the Wisconsin DNR regarding their request to conduct exploratory mining.

The DNR made the request on Friday, and GreenLight Wisconsin’s Dan Colton says they are working to provide that information to them, adding that they don’t see the request as a hangup in their plans to explore the site further...
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“When the public’s right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.” – Christopher Dodd

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Ken Notes: We still need bipartisan policy to sustain the momentum and we need to bring business and energy producers to the table to ensure a future swing to a more conservative administration does not undo any gains we have made...

The Eau Claire City Council in Wisconsin has granted a long-awaited green light for the expansion of the Seven Mile Creek Landfill in the town of Seymour.

In the newly approved agreement, Vaughn, Canada-based GFL Environmental Inc.—owner and operator of the landfill—plans to increase the height of the landfill by 33 feet...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday awarded grants for projects to monitor air quality in 37 states, including Wisconsin, with a focus on minority communities and other areas overburdened by pollution.

A total of 132 projects will receive $53.4 million to enhance air quality monitoring near chemical plants, refineries, and other industrial sites — part of a commitment by the Biden administration to focus on environmental justice in communities adversely affected by decades of industrial pollution.

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Ken`s Notes: Every week in WDNGreen.com I aggregate a few articles on electric vehicles, these are national articles and often of personal interest to me. This week these articles could have an impact on Wisconsin. A few years back Foxconn convinced several Wisconsin communities and the state to partner to develop land and infrastructure for a Mega Factory that never materialized. Now Foxconn has announced it want to be a major playerBMW commits $1.4bn to expand EV battery output in China in the electric vehicle market (see below). It may be in our interest to remind them that they have land and infrastructure in Wisconsin "just sitting there"... Just a thought...

Thousands of farmers in China have started to grow a remarkable new version of rice, one that realizes an old scientific dream. It`s a perennial form of the grain, which doesn`t have to be planted anew each season, but emerges year after year from long-lived roots in the soil just as many wild grasses do.

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WASHINGTON ­– Safe drinking water is a top concern nationwide, according to a new poll released today by NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), with most respondents indicating that lead pipes in drinking water systems are either a crisis or a major problem. The findings confirm ongoing strong bipartisan support for investments in water infrastructure to remove lead pipes, one year after President Biden signed an infrastructure law directing federal dollars to states to repair failing drinking water systems.

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Ken Notes: Surly now that the administration is reelected for four more years the legislature will have to hold hearings on Evers appointments, wont they? The actions of a senate to wait clearly did not help it in the recent elections.

As originally reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Dairy Alliance member Larry Dufek of Dairyland Farms is working towards converting manure into diesel and jet fuel.

The move is a win-win as it reduces methane pollution and would provide an alternative fuel source. According to Dufek, “[o]ur main goal is to reduce our carbon footprint on our dairy. I’ll help develop the technology any way I can.”

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arah Swedberg’s morning routine is always the same: She gets up, heads to the kitchen sink and fills a 64-ounce bottle of water to sip throughout the day.

She encourages her three children, ages 8, 11 and 14, to do the same.

The Shawano resident assumes the water that her family is drinking is free of contaminants and not a health concern.

But she is wrong.

When the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tested her tap water for “forever chemicals” — man-made substances that have become an emerging health risk nationwide — it found one major compound at levels 128 times greater than the maximum allowable amount recommended by federal safety advisories...
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Marquette University has been recognized as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, being named a “Green College” by The Princeton Review, which recognizes 455 schools based on its survey of administrators and students at over 700 colleges.

The Princeton Review assessed Marquette and other schools on over 25 data points regarding uses of renewable energy, recycling and conservation programs, the availability of environmental studies in their academic offerings, and their career guidance for green jobs...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As world leaders meet for another climate summit in Egypt, the U.S. is pushing to mine more lithium for electric vehicle batteries at home. EVs will help cut pollution from transportation, the nation`s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. But there`s a tradeoff, as residents have learned near Charlotte, where a big open-pit mine is proposed.

A company called Piedmont Lithium wants to build a mine and processing operation on 1,500 acres in northern Gaston County, about 30 miles west of Charlotte...
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Ken Notes: Not Wisconsin, but we are in the mix for mines producing metals in demand as the market changes. I believe we need to find new economic engines for the northern half of the state or we will see pressure for the revenues mines promise...

As a growing number of communities are forced to confront PFAS contamination in their groundwater, a key hurdle in addressing this harmful group of chemicals lies in unraveling how they move through a region of the environment called the unsaturated zone — a jumble of soil, rock and water sandwiched between the ground’s surface and the water table below.

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GREEN BAY – On the heels of a $500 million expansion — possibly the largest single-development project in Brown County’s history — Green Bay Packaging has been awarded for its commitment to sustainability and environmental improvement efforts.

GBP, which completed expansion of its Green Bay facility in March, was recently named a Green Master by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council as part of its Green Masters Program.

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• Mining

• Explore the restoration of the sulfide mining moratorium or...
  
• Work with counties to create and enforce new mining regulations, restrictions and enforcement.
  
• Delay approval of any new mines until counties have their regulation policies in place.
• Restore DNR environmental staff and expertise to levels that can review any requests in a timely manner.
• Require a site reclamation fund be established from the onset of any approved project with a plan in place for complete site reclamation.
• Allow municipalities to enact special utilities in lieu of or in addition to regular taxes for issues like impact on roads, utilities, infrastructure, and public safety.
  

• Renewable Energy and Fuels

• Work with the utilities, business and communities to encourage the use of renewables, reduced carbon output, and better reporting and measurement.
• Establish a PSC willing to work with business and power companies while progressing to a lower carbon renewable future.
  
• Do not impose legislative mandates on renewables but rather incentivize use of new technologies while maintaining an open dialogue among all parties involved.
  

• Our Watersheds and the Great Lakes

• Become a strong partner in Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact.
• If water is removed from the watershed, require that it be returned cleaner that it was taken. Again make sure DNR has the resources to monitor and ensure this policy.
  

• Land Use and Transmission / Pipe Lines

• Require the need and or profit for new systems to Wisconsin citizens. If a system like tar sand or electricity is for other states or regions, require that the land uses benefits all citizens in our state in lower utility costs, additions public facilities and reduced air and water pollution.
• Require that any new system create an environmental offset equal to or greater than the land they take. This can be done in two ways: One additional Parks, Public Lands, Trails, Access to Waterways, Etc. OR Two reduced carbon emissions through the elimination or older less efficient production facilities or the conversion to renewable or exponentially lower emission fuels.
  

• CAFO`s and Agricultural Issues

• Address and regulate CAFO`s like the "cities" that they are.
  
• Develop regulations and controls to address the scale of effluent that these facilities produce.
• Consider using CAFO`s as a model for new waste treatment like digestion and pasteurization.
  
• Preserve the small farm in Wisconsin by encouraging sound environmental practices in a cost effective way.
  
• Work with all farms, businesses, and communities to improve watersheds, runoff and source point pollution focusing on results rather that penalties or mandates.
  

• Transit and Mass Transit

• Improve our transit and shipping corridors like rail and interstate access to encourage Wisconsin to become an efficient  distribution hub for the Midwest.
• Encourage communities to adopt new and more efficient mass transit systems.
• Encourage the use of more efficient buses, trucks and vehicles in the state.
  

• ECO Tourism

• Explore ECO Tourism as an option to preserve our vast agricultural heritage and natural waterways and woodlands.
• Allow ECO TIF financing to pair tourism development with land and watershed preservation.
  

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Ken Notes: Just a few ideas, please feel free to pick and choose then share with those on both sides of the isle that will be making decisions.

We now have an opportunity to grab the pendulum in the middle and make a real long term difference in how we manage our resources and what kind of Wisconsin we leave to our grandchildren!

These are personal viewpoints shaped by your feedback. They are not the positions of my sponsors or partners.

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Ken Notes:I would love to see Wisconsin become the leader in this technology! Every farmer and elected official in the state should download this.

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