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ORDINANCE NO. 5890
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
SUBSECTIONS 8-2-2.G, 8-2-3.E, AND 8-4-24.A, AND SECTIONS 8-4-31, AND 8-S-
1S OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING PIPED UTILITY RATES FOR
2019 AND 2020, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Subsection 8-2-2.G of the Renton Municipal Code, is amended as shown
below. All other provisions of Subsection 8-2-2 remain in effect and unchanged.
G. Special Rates:
1. Fo.ra seventy five persent(75%) Fate subsidy fersenier an�'�
a. Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualified under RMC 8-4-31.0
for low-income rates prior to August 1, 1994, are eligible for rates of two dollars
and ninety-eight eighty -seve cents ($2.98 2$7) per month for 2019-7 and three
twe dollars and four ninety eight cents ($3.04 2-.98) per month for 202044.
24. Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualify under RMC 8-4-31.0 for
low-income rates after August 1, 1994, and prior to May 31, 2008, are eligible for
a seventy-five percent (75%) rate subsidy equal to rates of three dollars and
seventy-one fefty4we cents ($3.713_:44) per month for 2019-7 and three dollars
and seventy-nine �i, cents ($3.79 3456) per month for 202044.
3-2. All senior and/or disabled citizens qualifying under RMC 8-4-31.0 for
low-income rates after May 31, 2008, are eligible for a fifty percent (50%) subsidy
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equal to a rate of seven &i* dollars and forty-three eighty cents ($7.43 646) per
month for 2019-7 and seven dollars and fifty-eight thiFteen cents ($7.58 743) per
month for 202048.
SECTION II. Subsection 8-2-3.E of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as shown
below. All other provisions of Subsection 8-2-3 remain in effect and unchanged.
E. Charges For Surface Water Utility:
1. The following schedule is hereby adopted as the monthly charges to be
paid to the City for surface water utility services:
a. Single-family dwelling: $14.85 44.28 per unit for 2019-7 and $15.15
44.85 for 202048.
b. Low intensity, 0.5 acre or less: $36.76 35.35 per acre for 2019-7 and
$37.50 36.76 per acre for 202048.
c. Medium intensity, 0.5 acre or less: $53.18 54.14 per acre for 2019-7
and $54.24 53.48 per acre for 202049.
d. High intensity, 0.5 acre or less: $68.56 65.93 per acre for 2019-7 and
$69.93 68.56 per acre for 202048.
e. Low intensity, more than 0.5 acre: $73.53 :70.70 per acre for 2019-7
and $75.00 7R S3 per acre for 202048.
f. Medium intensity, more than 0.5 acre: $106.30 48224 per acre for
2019-7 and $108.43 406.30 per acre for 202048.
g. High intensity, more than 0.5 acre: $137.13 431.85 per acre for
2019-7 and $139.87 33:7.13 per acre for 202048.
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h. Gravel pits: $147.83 142-.1=5 per acre for 2019-7 and $150.79 147.83
for 202049.
i. City streets: $36.86 3% 44 per acre for 2019-7 and $37.60 36.86 per
acre for 202049.
2. Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualify under RMC 8-4-31.13 shall
be eligible, upon application, for special rates as detailed in RMC 8-2-2.G.
3. (Rep. by Ord. 4898, 3-19-2001)
SECTION III. Subsection 8-4-24.A of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as shown
below. All other provisions of Subsection 8-4-24 remain in effect and unchanged.
A. Fees For Private Water; Fire Service: The charges for such fire protection
services are hereby established as follows:
1. Fire Protection Charges: The private fire protection charges are hereby
fixed in the following schedule:
Meter
2019-7
Rates
202048
Rates
1 inch
$6.27
$6.40 6.2-7
1-% inch
$7.01
$7.15 7--."
2 inch
$9.01
$2,199-04
3 inch
$23.79
$24.27 23.79
4 inch
$29.27
$29.86 29-27
6 inch
$42.06
$42.90 42A6
8 inch
$56.65
$57.78
10 inch
$73.08
$74.54 23.A8
12 inch
$87.68
$89.43 8:7.68
2. Water Used For Extinguishing Fires: No charge will be made for water
used in extinguishing fire if the owner or occupant of the premises where such fire
occurs gives written notice to the office of the Utilities Engineer within ten (10)
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days from the date of such fire. In no case will any tap be made upon any pipe
used for fire service purposes or any tank connected therewith, nor shall the use
of any water be permitted through any fire service nor through any pipes, tanks
or other fixtures therewith connected for any purposes except the extinguishing
of fire on such premises or testing flows for fire control purposes.
SECTION IV. Section 8-4-31 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as follows:
8-4-31 CHARGES FOR METERED WATER SERVICE INSIDE CITY:
A. Customer Classifications: There will be five (5) new customer classes for
the water utility. They will be single-family/duplex, multi -family, non-residential,
private irrigation, city irrigation.
B. Metered Rates:
I. The minimum rates for metered water supplied within the City in one
(1) month or fractional period thereof are hereby fixed in the following schedule:
Size of
service
20197 Rates
Single-family/duplex,
multi -family,
non-residential
20197- Rates
Private irrigation, City
irrigation
202048 Rates
Single-
family/duplex,
multi -family,
non-residential
202049 Rates
Private irrigation,
City irrigation
3/4"
$17.60
$10.58
$17.95
0.7910.5
1"
$34.89
$18.92
$35.59
$19.30
1-1/2"
$67.33
$32.29
$68.68
$32.9432.2
2"
$105.52
$49.46
$107.63 105.52
$50.45
3"
$216.81
$104.67
$221.15 216.8
$106.66 104.6
4"
$330.75
$155.65
$337.37
$158.76 155.65
6"
$645.28
$294.81
$658.19 6645.2
$300.71 -294.81
8"
$1,262.94
$645.13
$1,288.20 1,262.94
$658.03 6645.13
10"
$1,882.63
$829.55
$1,920.28
$846.14 829.55
12"
$2,739.86
$1,197.90
$2,794.66
$1,221.86 ,
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2. Commodity Rates: Three (3) consumption blocks will be established for
single-family and duplex customers. The size of the first block will be less than five
hundred (500) cubic feet of water consumed per month. The second block will be
five hundred (500) to one thousand (1,000) cubic feet of water consumed per
month. The third block will be over one thousand (1,000) cubic feet of water
consumed per month. The rates for these three (3) blocks are as follows:
2019-7 Rates
202049 Rates
Less than 500 cubic feet/mo.
$2.54/100cf
$2.59 2 54/100cf
500 —1,000 cubic feet/mo.
$3.41/100cf
$3.48 �41/100cf
Over 1,000 cubic feet/mo.
$4.30/100cf
$4.39 4—
.3A/100cf
Customers that are multi -family, non-residential, private irrigation and City
irrigation will pay for consumption at the following rates per one hundred (100)
cubic feet:
20197- Rates
202048
Rates
Multi -family
$3.29
$3.36 8-49
Non-residential
$3.48
$3.55 349
Private Irrigation
$5.58
$5.69 5-55
City Irrigation
$3.92
$4.00 3
Hydrant Meter
$5.58
$5.69 5�8
3. (Rep. by Ord. 4898, 3-19-2001)
C. Senior Citizens And Disabled Persons: The following is hereby established
for certain senior citizens and disabled persons who are economically
disadvantaged as herein set forth:
1. Low -Income Seniors: A "low-income senior citizen" is defined as a
person sixty-one (61) years of age or older who resides in a single-family dwelling
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that is separately metered with a City water meter for water usage, either as
owner, purchaser, or renter, with the utility account under his/her name, and
whose total combined household income does not exceed the annual income
threshold for low-income rate eligibility. The annual income threshold for
eligibility for low-income rate shall be adjusted each calendar year, using the
Income Guidelines for King County as provided annually by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or King County's qualifying income
criteria for a senior citizen/disability property tax exemption, whichever is more
favorable. Disposable income, defined by RCW 84.36.383(5), includes all income
sources and amounts received by the owner, purchaser or renter, his/her
spouse/domestic partner and any co -tenants. Any household with a disposable
income of thirty percent (30%) or less of the median household income for King
County and qualified for a subsidy prior to May 31, 2008, will be eligible for a
seventy-five percent (75%) rate subsidy. All other households with an annual
disposable income less than King County's maximum qualifying income for a
senior citizen/disability property tax exemption are eligible for a fifty percent
(50%) rate subsidy. For households with more than two (2) individuals, an
additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) is added to the income threshold per
individual.
2. Low -Income Disabled Citizen: A "low-income disabled citizen" is
defined as: a) a person qualifying for special parking privileges under RCW
46.19.010; b) a blind person as defined in RCW 74.18.020; c) a disabled,
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handicapped, or incapacitated person as defined under any other existing State or
Federal program; or d) a person on home kidney dialysis treatment who resides in
a single-family dwelling that is separately metered for water usage, either as
owner, purchaser or renter, with the utility account under his/her name, and
whose total combined household income does not exceed the annual income
threshold for eligibility for low-income rate.
3. Application:
a. A person shall meet either of the above requirements to qualify for
senior citizen and disabled rate(s). Every such person shall file with the Utilities
billing seet:^^ Utility Billing division of the City, his or her affidavit, that he/she or
they are qualified to be charged the special rate for such utility services herein
stated.
b. Such statement shall contain such other information as the Utilities
billing seGti Utility Billing division may prescribe, including but not limited to
address, ownership or interest in the dwelling occupied by such applicant(s),
amount, source and nature of all household members' income from any and all
sources, proof of disability status and/or age, together with the applicant's
unqualified promise to forthwith notify the City of any circumstances or change in
condition which would make the applicant(s) ineligible to receive said special
rate(s). The Utilities "filling seetie^ Utility Billing division may establish rules and
procedures for implementing this Section.
4. Low -Income Rates:
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a. F9F a seventy five peFGent (75%) Fatesubs.a-�
{- For those senior citizens and disabled persons who qualified as
economically disadvantaged, and were on this low-income rate prior to August 1,
1994, the rate for water service relating to such single-family dwelling in which
such eligible person or persons permanently reside is two dollars and eight cents
($2.08) per month for 20197- and two dollars and twelve eight cents ($2.12 2--08)
per month for 202034,- limited to nine hundred (900) cubic feet of water per
month. Any water consumption over nine hundred (900) cubic feet per month
shall be charged as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section-, except for
those persons who qualify under home kidney dialysis. These customers are
limited to one thousand seven hundred (1,700) cubic feet of water per month
before any excess is charged as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section.
b.94 €srtThose senior citizens and disabled persons who qualify as
economically disadvantaged, and were on this low-income rate after August 1,
1994, and prior to May 31, 2008, are eligible for a seventy-five percent (75%) rate
subsidy. Tthe rate for water service relating to such single-family dwelling in which
such eligible person or persons permanently reside is four dollars and forty tly-
seven cents ($4.40 4-37) per month for 2019-7 and four dollars and forty-nine
thi cy-seveR. cents ($4.49 4:3-7) per month for 202044, limited to nine hundred
(900) cubic feet of water per month. Any water consumption over nine hundred
(900) cubic feet per month shall be charged as provided in Subsections A and B of
this Section, except for those persons who qualify under home kidney dialysis.
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These customers are limited to one thousand seven hundred (1,700) cubic feet of
water per month before any excess is charged as provided in Subsections A and B
of this Section.
c4. For all other senior citizens and/or disabled persons who qualify for
low-income rates according to the criteria in subsections C.1 and C.2 of this
Section after May 31, 2008, they will be eligible for a fifty percent (50%) subsidy
on the charges for water service relating to such single-family dwelling in which
such eligible person or persons permanently reside. The fifty percent (50%)
subsidy will apply to the basic charge and commodity charge only. The commodity
subsidy is limited to nine hundred (900) cubic feet of water per month. Any water
consumption over nine hundred (900) cubic feet per month shall be charged as
provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, except for those persons who
qualify under home kidney dialysis. These customers are limited to one thousand
seven hundred (1,700) cubic feet of water per month before any excess is charged
as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section.
5. For those senior citizens sixty-one (61) years of age or older and/or
disabled citizens, when such seniors and/or disabled citizens are not otherwise
eligible for special rates as low-income seniors and/or disabled citizens, but who
qualify for property tax exemption pursuant to RCW 84.36.381(5)(a) and are not
residents of the City, shall be exempt from the fifty percent (50%) utility surcharge
applicable to those customers not residents of the City. To receive this exemption
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the applicant must provide the information required under subsection C.3 of this
Section.
D. Rate Revenue For Capital Purpose: A portion of the revenue generated
from the above rates will be used for water utility related capital improvement
projects and/or debt services for the same as indicated in the adopted budget.
Also included in the above rates are applicable State and local taxes.
E. Penalty And Late Charges: Penalty and late charges shall be the same as in
RMC 8-1-8.A.1.b.
SECTION V. Section 8-5-15 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as follows:
8-5-15 SEWER CHARGES:
A. Disposal Rates: The monthly rates and charges for sewage disposal service
shall be as follows:
1. Single -Family: The 2019-7 rate is twenty-nine twenty eight dollars and
ninety-one seventy si*, �?x cents ($29.91 fib); the 202049 rate is thirty twenty niRe
dollars and fifty-one ninety ene cents ($30.51 29.91).
2. All Other Users: The 2019-7 rate is abase charge of four dollars and sixty
#ems-twe cents ($4.60 4.42) plus three dollars and thirty-seven twenty Peer cents
($3.37 4-.24) per month for each one hundred (100) cubic feet of water used, but
not less than twenty-nine �..,^^*l•-^ ^"+ dollars and ninety-one ^v^-= —�-� c?� cents
($29.91 28-76) per month; the 202048 rate is a base charge of four dollars and
sixty-nine cents ($4.69 449) plus three dollars and forty-four *"t,.iFty seven cents
($3.44 3—.3-7) per month for one hundred (100) cubic feet of water used, but not
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less than thirty twenty rye dollars and fifty-one F;inety eRe cents ($30.5129.91)
per month.
3. Charges For Sewer Service Without City Water: In the event that water
obtained from sources other than purchased from the City is either discharged or
drained into the sewer system, users shall be charged by one (1) of the two (2)
following methods:
a. For single-family residences: The 2019-7 rate is twenty-nine twenty
eig#t dollars and ninety-one seveRty _ix cents ($29.91 28.7C); the 202049 rate is
thirty twee dollars and fifty-one RiRety-eRe cents ($30.51 29.91).
b. For other than single-family dwellings, the Public Works
Administrator or designee shall install a water meter into such private water
system at cost to property owners, and the method of billing shall be in
compliance with Subsection A.2 of this Section.
4. (Rep. by Ord. 4898, 3-19-01)
B. Separate Sewer Exempt Meter: Whenever the use of water is such that a
portion of the water used does not flow into the City sewer system but is lost by
evaporation or used in irrigation, manufacturing or any other use, and the person
in control provides proof of this fact, such person may apply for the installation of
a separate sewer exempt meter to measure the amount of water so used or lost
and no charge shall be made for sewage because of water so used or lost. A sewer
exempt meter application will be made in the same manner as a regular water
meter installation. All sewer exempt meters shall be located at the property line
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or adjacent to the regular meter; provided, however, an evaporation exemption
may be granted to coin -operated and commercial laundries without the
installation of a submeter. Such exemption shall be an eleven percent (11%)
reduction in chargeable water consumption for commercial and industrial
laundries and a three percent (3%) reduction in chargeable water consumption for
coin -operated laundries.
C. Service Outside Of City: The rates to such special uses shall be one and
one-half (1-1/2) times the basic City water rates applicable to resident users for
similar services plus any monthly fees levied by King County Wastewater except
that such exemptions and discounts as provided in RMC 8-4-32 and subsections
D.4 and D.5 of this Section shall likewise apply to these rates.
D. Additional Charges: In addition to the foregoing charges specified in this
Section, the following rates shall be charged:
1. For each single-family dwelling unit, a charge of forty-five #en-feuF
dollars and thirty-three twentytwe cents ($45.33 4422) per month and a rate
adjustment charge of zero dollars ($0.00) per month for King County Wastewater
in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement with King County Wastewater.
2. For all users other than single-family, a charge of forty-five few-feUF
dollars and thirty-three twenty-t-we cents ($45.33 442) per month and a rate
adjustment charge of zero dollars ($0.00) per month for King County Wastewater
for each seven hundred fifty (750) cubic feet, or any fraction thereof, of water
used in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement with King County Wastewater.
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3. Any additional charges hereafter imposed by King County Wastewater
under the "Industrial Cost Recovery' or "Industrial Waste Surcharge" programs
required under the FWPCA (PL 92-500), Section 204, or as same may be amended
hereafter, plus fifteen percent (15%) thereof as an additional charge for the City's
cost of implementing such programs.
4. Senior and/or disabled low income rates:
4� Senior and/or disabled low-income citizens who qualified
under RMC 8-4-31.0 for low-income rates prior to August 1, 1994, are eligible for
a nonsubsidized rate of forty-five fert-#eUF dollars and thirty-three twenty two
cents ($45.33 4422) per month and a rate adjustment charge of zero dollars
($0.00) per month for King County Wastewater in accordance with the Interlocal
Agreement with King County Wastewater, and a subsidized rate of two dollars and
fifty-eight ferry--e4I# cents ($2.58 2L.48) per month for City sewer charges for a
total of forty-seven f9Fty-six dollars and ninety-one seventy cents ($47.9146.79)
for 2019-7; and a nonsubsidized rate of forty-five feFty-feUF dollars and thirty-three
two. cents (545.33 44 M per month and a rate adjustment charge of zero
dollars ($0.00) per month for King County Wastewater in accordance with the
Interlocal Agreement with fe+ King County Wastewater, and a subsidized rate of
two dollars and sixty-three fiftyeightcents ($2.63 2A.58) per month for City sewer
charges for a total of forty-seven feFty-six dollars and ninety-six eig cents
($47.96 46.89) for 202039-.
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b.94 Senior and/or disabled citizens who qualify under RMC 8-4-31.0
for low-income rates after August 1, 1994, and prior to May 31, 2008, are eligible
for a seventy-five percent (75%) subsidy of City sewer charges. For 2019: a
nonsubsidized rate of forty-five few-fGUF dollars and thirty-three twenty two
cents ($45.33 4422) per month and a rate adjustment charge of zero dollars
($0.00) per month for King County Wastewater in accordance with the Interlocal
Agreement with King County Wastewater, and a subsidized rate of seven dollars
and forty-eight twenty cents ($7.48 �9) per month for City sewer charges for a
total of fifty-two fifty-eee dollars and eighty-one few-twe- cents ($52.81 51 42)
fer =7; and a nonsubsidized rate of forty-five fer-ty feu dollars and thirty-three
taws cents ($45.33 44.22) per month and a rate adjustment charge of zero
dollars ($0.00) per month for King County Wastewater in accordance with the
Interlocal Agreement with King County Wastewater, and a subsidized rate of
seven dollars and sixty-three fOFty-RiRe cents ($7.63 49) per month for City
sewer charges for a total of fifty-two f dollars and ninety-six c= y ==
cents ($52.96 5471) for 20204,8.
c#. All other senior and/or disabled citizens qualifying under RMC 8-4-
31.0 for low-income rates after May 31, 2008, are eligible for a fifty percent (50%)
subsidy for City sewer charges. For 2019-7: a nonsubsidized rate of forty-five Y-
fe+* dollars and thirty-three twenty two cents ($45.33 4422) per month and a
rate adjustment charge of zero dollars ($0.00) per month for King County
Wastewater in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement with King County
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Wastewater, and a subsidized rate of fourteen dollars and ninety-six thirty-eig,"t
cents ($14.96 14.38) per month for City sewer charges for a total of sixty fi#y-eight
dollars and twenty-nine 44y-cents ($60.29 =58.60); for 202048: a nonsubsidized
rate of forty-five feFty-feuF dollars and thirty-three twenty twe. cents ($45.33
44.22) per month and a rate adjustment charge of zero dollars ($0.00) per month
for King County Wastewater in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement with
King County Wastewater, and a subsidized rate of fifteen fe�teen dollars and
twenty-six eiRety-sue cents ($15.2614 4E) per month for City sewer charges for a
total of sixty fiftydollars and fifty-nine eighteen cents ($60.59 59.18).
5. For those senior citizens sixty-one (61) years of age or older and/or
disabled citizens, when such seniors and/or disabled citizens are not otherwise
eligible for special rates as low-income seniors and/or disabled citizens, but who
qualify for property tax exemption pursuant to RCW 84.36.381(5)(a) and are not
residents of the City shall be exempt from the fifty percent (50%) utility surcharge
applicable to those customers not residents of the City. To receive this exemption
the applicant must provide the information required under RMC 8-4-31.C.2.
E. Installation Of Sewage Meter: Whenever the use of the public sewer is
such that infiltration and/or inflow is evident from a private sewage facility, or a
building sewer, where the sewer flow is two (2) times in excess of the daily
metered water, the Utilities Engineer shall install a sewage meter and charge the
regular monthly rates and charges for customers in that class, for all infiltration
and inflow and sewage that it discharged into the public sewers. All costs and
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expenses incident to the installation and connection of the sewer meter shall be
borne by the owner or applicant of the premises in question.
F. Rate Revenue For Capital Purpose: A portion of the revenue generated
from the above rates will be used for sewer utility related capital improvement
projects and/or debt services for the same as indicated in the adopted budget.
Also included in the above rates are applicable State and local taxes.
G. Penalty And Late Charges: Penalty and late charges shall be the same as
in RMC 8-1-8A.1.b.
H. Remission Of Sewer Rates: When a water meter has been turned off
pursuant to the provisions of RMC 8-4-10, the owner or occupant may request, in
writing, a remission of sewer rates. No remission of rates will be made for a period
of less than one month.
SECTION VI. These rates become effective with billings computed on or after January 1,
2019 for the 2019 rates and January 1, 2020 for the 2020 rates.
SECTION VII. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance.
SECTION Vill. This ordinance shall be effective on January 1, 2019.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 22nd day of October , 2018.
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APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 22nd day of October , 2018.
Denis Law, Mayor
Approved as to form:
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