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100 Year Storm Elevation Requirements

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100-Year Storm Elevation Requirements for Habitable Structures Located Seaward of a Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) - For Florida Coastal Counties, Report plus Appendix A and B. For county maps see below.

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Addendum to 100-Year Storm Report - Adds Elevations for Keewaydin Island.

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565k

(Note: Elevation values of above documents are in NGVD (1929) vertical datum; to convert values to NAVD (1988), a program utility such as Corpscon must be applied.).

Tidal Datums and Ranges for Open Coast Gauges of Coastal Florida - provides MHW and SHWL for both vertical datums.

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Coastal County Maps

Note: Maps show location of each county's CCCL and are provided to give a general overview of the location of each CCCL. The range monuments (R-monuments) shown on the maps are a statewide network of survey monumentation, used  by DEP, on all of the state's sandy beach shoreline. The coastal county maps were created to provide a quick reference between a coastal property and its proximity to the R-monument. The maps are divided into regions of the state, northwest, southwest, northeast and southeast. The maps are for information only and are not to scale.        Individual county maps are also available.

Document Name

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Coastal County Maps Northwest Region Part I - Includes maps of Escambia/Santa Rosa Counties through Walton County

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Coastal County Maps Northwest Region Part II - Includes maps of Bay County through Franklin County

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Coastal County Maps Southwest Region - Includes maps of Pinellas County through Collier County

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Coastal County Maps Northeast Region Part I - Includes maps of Nassau County through Flagler County

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6294k

Coastal County Maps Northeast Region Part II - Includes maps of Volusia County through Brevard County

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2866k

Coastal County Maps Southeast Region Part I - Includes maps of Indian River County through Martin County

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1803k

Coastal County Maps Southeast Region Part II - Includes maps of Palm Beach County through Broward County

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Coastal County Maps Southeast Region Part III - Includes maps of Dade County Only

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CCCL Reestablishment Flood Studies

Beaches and Shores Resource Center (BSRC) Coastal Construction Line Reestablishment Flood Studies - The BSRC site contains the flood study reports for each of the coastal counties with established Coastal Construction Control Lines. 

 

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Guidelines for Design Elevations Seaward of CCCL

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Guidelines for Design Elevations Seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line 

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(Note: Elevation values of above document are in NGVD (1929) vertical datum; to convert values to NAVD (1988), a program utility such as Corpscon must be applied.).

 

 

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General Permit (GP) Report

Document Sections

Version

Volume I - Procedural Report 

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963kb

Volume II - Northeast Region Report

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4,635kb

Volume III - Northwest Region Report pdf

5,593kb

Volume IV - Southwest Region Report pdf

13,3143kb

Volume V - Southeast Region Report

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963kb

Summary Paper from 2007 FSBPA Technical Conference "Mapping of Coastal Regions for CCCL General Permitting"

(updated in June 2008 to add SE region results)

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Photomaps with graphical illustrations of the GP lines can be viewed through the Regional Coastal Monitoring Database (RCMD) at the following link:

 

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CCCL Methodology Report

Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) Methodology Report

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Addendum A  pdf
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Addendum B  pdf
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Addendum C  pdf
2129k
Addendum C Continued pdf
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Addendum C Continued pdf
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SBEACH

SBEACH Calibration and Erosion Analysis for Walton County and Okaloosa County, Florida - Main Report (Appendixes Below) pdf 1474 KB

 -  APPENDIX I - Model Calibration Profiles - Ivan and Opal; Bay County

pdf 994 KB

 - APPENDIX II - Walton County SBEACH Erosion Profiles

pdf 5.63 MB

 - APPENDIX III - Okaloosa County SBEACH Erosion Profiles

pdf 3.60 MB

 - APPENDIX IV - Adjusted Hydrographs - Walton and Okaloosa Counties

pdf 209 KB
Evaluation of Storm Tide Measurements at Panama City Beach, FL 1993-2007 pdf 469 KB

SBeach Model Studies for Florida Atlantic Coast: Brevard, St. Johns, Volusia, and Indian River Counties (Report 1) (Appendixes Below) June 2010

pdf 1,969 KB
SBeach Model Studies for Florida Atlantic Coast: Brevard, St. Johns, Volusia, and Indian River Counties (Report 2) (Appendixes Below) June 2010 pdf 742 KB

 -  APPENDIX I - Model Calibration Profiles - Brevard County for Hurricane Frances and Jeanne

pdf 1,728 KB (zip file)

 - APPENDIX II - Model Calibration Profiles - St. Johns Co. for 1984 Thanksgiving Storm (Set 1: Pre-, Post-Storm, Condition 1)

pdf 5,421 KB (zip file)

 - APPENDIX III - Model Calibration Profiles - St. Johns Co. for 1984 Thanksgiving Storm (Set 2: Pre-, Post-Storm, Condition 2 & 3)

pdf 5,991 KB (zip file)

 - APPENDIX IV - SJ Sediment Grain Size Summary

pdf 279 KB
 - APPENDIX V - Beach Slope Graphs - SJ, VO, IR Counties pdf 296 KB
 - APPENDIX VI - Recommended SBEACH Input Values - SJ, VO, IR Counties pdf 569 KB
 - APPENDIX VII - Original & Adjusted Hydrograph Tables - SJ, VO, IR Counties pdf 586 KB
 - APPENDIX VIII - SJ Co. SBEACH 15 and 25 yr. Storm Erosion Profiles pdf 6,875 KB (zip file)
 - APPENDIX IX - VO Co. SBEACH 15 & 25 yr. Storm Erosion Profiles pdf 7,771 KB (zip file)
 - APPENDIX X - IR Co. SBEACH 15 & 25 yr. Storm Erosion Profiles pdf 3,526 KB (zip file)
Florida Atlantic Coast Tide Gage Data Evaluations pdf
 

 

Post-Storm Reports

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Hurricane Opal Report - Beach and dune erosion and structural damage along the panhandle coast of Florida

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Hurricane Opal PostStorm Beach and Dune Recovery - Strategic Management Plan for the panhandle coast of Florida pdf
915k
Hurricane Opal Analysis Paper - Beach, Dune, and Offshore Profile Response to a Severe Storm Event pdf
613k
Hurricanes Earl and Georges Report - Beach and dune erosion and structural damage and post-storm recovery plan pdf
770k
Hurricane Kate November 15-23, 1985  - Full report

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10248k

Kate Report in Sections
Hurricane Kate Report - Part I

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4909k

Hurricane Kate Report  - Part II

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5490k

2005 Storm Reports
Aerial Photos of Areas Impacted By Hurricane Dennis
The Impact of Hurricane Dennis on Dog Island and Discussion of Post-Storm Recovery Responses to Include Beach Scraping - Supplemental post-storm report

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997k

2005 Hurricane Season Impacts: Dade & Monroe Counties, Florida - Post-storm Beach Conditions and Coastal Impact Report

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10780k

Final Report on 2005 Hurricane Season Impacts
Hurricane Dennis & Hurricane Katrina, Final Report on 2005 Hurricane Season Impacts to Northwest Florida - Complete report - Final assessment of the beach conditions and coastal impact of Hurricanes Dennis and Katrina in northwest Florida.

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12749k

Final Report on 2005 Hurricane Season Impacts in Sections
Final Report on 2005 Hurricane Season Impacts - Part I - Part I of report

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6662k

Final Report on 2005 Hurricane Season Impacts - Part II - Part II of report

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6191k

Wilma Report
Hurricane Wilma - Post-storm Beach Conditions and Coastal Impact Report - Complete report documents impacts of Hurricane Wilma on the coast of Florida

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21437k

Wilma Report in Sections
Hurricane Wilma - Part I - Part I of report

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Hurricane Wilma - Part II - Part II of report

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Hurricane Wilma - Part III - Part III of report

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Hurricane Wilma - Part IV - Part IV of report

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2004 Storm Reports
2004 Hurricane Recovery Plan for Florida's Beach and Dune System - Outlines management strategies that
incorporate on-going and emergency federal, state and local efforts to repair and restore the beach and dune system impacted by the 2004 storms

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6543k

Hurricane Charley Report - Post-storm Beach Conditions and Coastal Impact Report with Recommendations for Recovery and Modifications of Beach Management Strategies

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3860k

Hurricane Ivan Report - Beach and Dune Erosion, Structural Damage Assessment and Post-Storm Recovery Plan for the Panhandle Coast of Florida

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7562k

Hurricanes Frances & Jeanne Report - Post-storm Beach Conditions and Coastal Impact Report with
Recommendations for Recovery and Modifications of Beach Management Strategies

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Individual Sections of the Hurricanes Frances & Jeanne Report available below
Introduction - Cover page, forward, table of contents, introduction of report.

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Recovery Recommendations

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Gulf Coast - Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota, Manatee, and Pinellas Counties, Big Bend Coast, and Ochlockonee Barriers.

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East Coast - Nassau, Duval, St Johns, Flagler, Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St Lucie, Martin, and Palm Beach, Broward and Dade Counties. (Note: Link opens in separate window)

East Coast

Hurricane Characteristics and Storm Tide Elevations

Hurricane Charley 

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Hurricane Frances 

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Hurricane Ivan 

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Hurricane Jeanne 

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1246k

 

 

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Inlet Reports

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Sebastian Inlet - Tidal Hydraulic Characteristics (August 2004)

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604

 

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Critical Erosion Report

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Critical Erosion Areas Report - Critical and Non-Critical Erosion Areas Statewide. Updated June 2010  

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Length of Sandy Shoreline

Length of Sandy Shoreline (Excerpt from Technical Design Memorandum 89-1, 5th Edition, 12/93)

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Shoreline Change Rate Estimate Reports

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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Bay County (2001)

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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Duval County (2000) pdf
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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties (1999) pdf
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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Flagler County (1999) pdf
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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Franklin County (2001) pdf
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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Gulf County (2001) pdf
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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Nassau County (1999) pdf
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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Okaloosa County (1999) pdf
694k
Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - St Johns County (2000) pdf
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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Volusia County (2000) pdf
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Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Walton County (2000) pdf
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Discussion/Review Papers

Document Sections

Version

Proposed Minimum Standards for Comparing Shoreline Model Results with Data (2002)

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281k

Guidelines for Documenting Numerical Model Studies in Submittals to the FDEP Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems pdf

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About Historic Shoreline Change Reports 

Historic Shoreline Change Reports are research papers concerning historic shoreline changes available as zipped text with bmp files and pdf files. 

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Historic Shoreline Change Reports

Document Name

Version

Methods of Historical Shoreline Analysis (1989) - Describes the methodologies developed to analyze a database of digitized historic coastal map data and profile surveys.

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355k

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234k

Historic Shoreline Changes in Southwest Florida (1989) - An overview of the results of an analysis of historic shoreline changes in Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties.

zip
198k

pdf
100k

Coastal Processes Near Cape San Blas, Florida: A Case Study Using Historic Data and Numerical Modeling (1991) - The author's numerical model is calibrated with historic data and is used to understand and predict erosion. Graph of Model Predictions vs. 1997 Data (353 k)

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279k

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152k

Inlet Behavior and the Effects on Beach Erosion in Lee County, Florida (1991) - Examines historic shoreline data and satellite images to show similarities in inlet conditions and the observed effects on beach erosion.

 

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259k

Thirty Year Erosion Projections in Florida: Project Overview and Status (1992) - A project to analyze historic shoreline erosion and to predict future erosion in Florida is discussed.

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289k

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130k

Preliminary Erosion Information for Palm Beach County (1992) - Conveys the preliminary results of a review of erosion problems this county

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A Guide to Understanding Inlet-Induced Erosion Patterns: Expectations from Numerical Modeling (1994) - Uses numerical modeling in an experimental mode to develop expectations of what should be observed in real cases.

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1261k

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606k

The Common Thread in Inlet-Induced Erosion: Basic Theory and Florida Examples (1995) - Compares actual inlet induced erosion patterns with numerical modeling predictions to show the patterns are the same.

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427k

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202k

Performance Monitoring of the Sailfish Point Development Terminal Groin Structure (1996) - This report presents results of performance monitoring conducted as a requirement of a coastal construction permit. This is a WordPerfect 6.0 document.

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11936k

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Regional Monitoring Publications

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Statewide Coastal Monitoring Program
Regional Data Collection and Processing component of the Statewide Coastal Monitoring Program including technical specifications.

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273k

Summary Paper from 2002 FSBPA Technical Conference: “Development and Implementation of a Regional Coastal Monitoring Program for the State of Florida” pdf

273k

Project Monitoring Standards

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Monitoring Standards for Beach Erosion Control Projects -  Technical specifications for physical monitoring of beach erosion control projects. 

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548k

Wave Data and Information

Document Sections

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Florida Coastal Forcing Program -  Wave and weather information program. 

pdf
2342k

Beach Fill Project Monitoring Database

Document Sections

Version

Beach Nourishment Monitoring Database paper -  Development and evaluation of database. 

pdf
660k

 

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Sediment Geotechnical Guidelines

Sediment Quality Control/Quality Assurance Plan for Beach Restoration or Nourishment Using an Offshore Borrow Area.

MSWord

38.8 KB

Guidelines for Preparing Sediment Quality Control / Quality Assurance Plans for Submittal to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

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26.5 KB

Sediment Quality Control/Quality Assurance Plan for Beach or Dune Restoration Using an Upland Sand Source. (Template)

MSWord

38 KB

 

Carbonate Beaches of Florida

Carbonate Beaches of Florida: An Inventory of Monroe County Beaches - Beaches and Shores Technical and Design Memorandum 90-1, March 1990

Document Sections

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Carbonate Beaches of Florida : An Inventory of Monroe County Beaches - complete report  

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Carbonate Beaches of Florida : An Inventory of Monroe County Beaches (Report Only) - Appendix not included

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Appendix Part I 

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Appendix Part II

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Appendix Part III

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Appendix Part IV

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Appendix Part V

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MORE INFORMATION CONTACTS:

For more information concerning the post-storm and 100 year reports or the statewide coastal monitoring program, please e-mail Mark Leadon.

For more information concerning the critical erosion report, carbonate beaches report, post storm reports and inlet reports please e-mail Ralph Clark

For more information concerning historic shoreline reports, and shoreline change rate estimate reports, please e-mail Emmett Foster

 For more information concerning discussion/review papers please e-mail Subarna Malkar.

For more information concerning the sediment geotechnical guidelines please email Jennifer Koch.

 

Phone numbers can be found on the Staff Contacts page.

 

 

Last updated: August 26, 2010

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