What Is a DOL Interim Final Rule for a 401(k) Plan?

Interim does not mean optional.

A Department of Labor rule can carry the word:

interim

and still be the regulation a 401(k) plan must follow today.

The clearest example is the lifetime-income disclosure rule.

DOL published that regulation in September 2020, accepted comments, made it effective one year later and has not yet replaced it with a separate later final rule.^[3][5][6]

Current:

29 CFR 2520.105-3

still contains the requirements.^[6]

DOL's 2026 regulatory agenda still lists the finalization project as a long-term action.^[8]

So the correct status is not:

still interim, therefore optional.

It is:

still interim in rulemaking history, already operative in current regulatory text.

That distinction is the reason this source type deserves its own article.

What Does the IFR Label Actually Tell You?

It tells the reader how the agency issued the rule.

It does not, by itself, answer:

• whether the rule is effective
• whether the rule applies to this plan
• whether comments are still open
• whether a later final action changed it
• whether a court stayed it.

Those answers come from:

• the DATES section
• the amendatory text
• later Federal Register actions
• operative CFR text
• judicial developments.

A strong compliance review therefore separates:

rulemaking stage

from:

current legal effect.

Why Would an Agency Issue Final Text Before Finishing the Comment Process?

Sometimes time matters more than the ordinary sequence.

Ordinary notice-and-comment generally looks like:

NPRM → comments → agency review → final rule → start date.

Post-promulgation rulemaking changes that order.

The agency can issue final regulatory text, invite comments after issuance and later decide whether to:

• keep the text
• modify it
• replace it
• extend a transition period
• issue another final action.^[1][2]

The reason can come from:

• statutory direction
• urgency
• prior public process
• APA good cause
• a need for immediate or timely implementation.

There is no single factual template for every IFR.

What Does APA Good Cause Have to Do With It?

APA Section 553 ordinarily requires advance notice and an opportunity for public participation.^[1]

The statute also says advance notice and public procedure do not apply when an agency makes and explains a good-cause finding that those procedures would be:

• impracticable
• unnecessary
• contrary to the public interest.^[1]

The Administrative Conference describes post-promulgation comment rules as a technique used when a rule is needed quickly and the agency allows comments after issuance.^[2]

But the phrase:

interim final

should not automatically be translated into:

APA good cause was the only authority.

Congress can expressly direct interim-final action.

The agency may also have an earlier proposal and comment record.

The actual Federal Register preamble has to be read.

The SECURE Act Expressly Directed an Interim Rule

The lifetime-income example did not begin with DOL simply deciding to skip ordinary procedure.

Congress amended ERISA Section 105 through the SECURE Act of 2019.^[4][7]

The law required lifetime-income illustrations and directed DOL to issue:

• assumptions for converting account balances
• model disclosure language
• an interim final regulation

within the statutory timeframe.^[4][7]

DOL published the rule on September 18, 2020.^[3]

That statutory direction is central to understanding why the rule took this form.

What Did the 2020 Lifetime-Income Rule Require?

For individual account plans such as 401(k)s, the regulation requires pension benefit statements to show an account balance as estimated monthly income under two standardized forms:^[3][6]

• single life annuity
• qualified joint and 100% survivor annuity.

The regulation supplies assumptions involving:

• commencement age
• marital status
• Treasury interest rate
• mortality
• participant loans.^[6]

It also supplies model explanations and a limitation on ERISA Title I liability when specified conditions are met.^[6]

These are not merely policy suggestions.

They are codified rules.

When Did the Lifetime-Income Regulation Become Effective?

September 18, 2021.^[3][6]

That date was one year after publication.

This matters because the rule demonstrates another point:

IFR does not mean immediately effective.

An agency can issue interim-final text and still provide substantial implementation time.

The start date comes from the document.

Not from the adjective.

When Did Participant-Directed Plans First Have to Show the Illustrations?

DOL's July 2021 temporary FAQs explained the transition.^[5]

Participant-directed individual account plans generally furnish quarterly statements.

Because the statute requires the lifetime-income information on only one statement during a 12-month period, DOL explained that such plans could place the first illustration on a quarterly statement ending within 12 months after the September 18, 2021 start date.^[5]

For most quarterly plans, that meant no later than the statement for the quarter ending:

June 30, 2022.^[5]

That implementation explanation came from a FAQ.

The underlying regulatory duty came from the statute and 2520.105-3.

Why Does the FAQ/Regulation Distinction Matter?

Because the FAQ cannot quietly rewrite the regulation.

The FAQ answered timing questions created by the interaction between:

• the IFR
• ERISA's benefit-statement cadence
• actual plan statement cycles.^[5]

That is useful administrative interpretation.

But if the FAQ and operative CFR ever diverged after a later amendment, the compliance analysis would need to start with the current legal text.

INV-183 covers FAQs in more detail.

Did DOL Receive Comments on the Lifetime-Income Rule?

Yes.

The temporary FAQs say DOL received:

36 unique public comment submissions.^[5]

The Department said it intended to issue a later final rule based on the feedback.^[5]

That later finalization has taken much longer than the original implementation period.

As of the 2026 DOL agenda, the project remains listed among:

Long-Term Actions.^[8]

That delay creates one of the most useful examples in federal benefits regulation.

Can an Interim Rule Stay in Force for Years?

Yes.

Current 29 CFR 2520.105-3 still carries the source note:

85 FR 59154, Sept. 18, 2020.^[6]

The section also says the rule became effective one year after publication.^[6]

Nothing about the continued word:

interim

cancels the codified requirement.

This is why operative CFR text is more useful for compliance than a mental rule such as:

only regulations called final count.

That shortcut is wrong.

The 2024 Abandoned Plan Amendments Make the Point Again

DOL updated its Abandoned Plan Program in May 2024.^[9]

The program had long provided streamlined termination procedures for certain abandoned individual account plans.

The 2024 amendments expanded the system to cover plans whose sponsors are in Chapter 7 liquidation.^[9][10]

That allows bankruptcy trustees and qualifying designees to use the regulatory framework to wind up affected plans and distribute benefits.

The action was published with a request for another round of comments.

It still became operative.

What Were the 2024 Dates?

Publication:

May 17, 2024.^[9]

Comment due date:

July 16, 2024.^[9]

Rule start date:

July 16, 2024.^[9]

The comment deadline and start date were the same day.

That is impossible to understand if the reader assumes comments must always finish before regulatory text can take effect.

For an IFR, post-promulgation participation is part of the architecture.

Why Did DOL Use an Interim Approach After a 2012 Proposal?

The abandoned-plan history is unusual.

DOL had proposed related amendments in 2012 and received comments.^[9]

More than a decade passed.

When the Department returned to the project, it concluded that the original policy rationale remained relevant, but also recognized that:

• marketplace conditions could have changed
• stakeholders had suggested broader improvements
• another comment round could improve future program development.^[9]

DOL therefore adopted the amendments while requesting additional input.^[9]

This was not:

no public record exists.

It was:

existing record + operative amendments + renewed comment process.

Are the Chapter 7 Provisions Current Law?

Yes.

Current:

29 CFR 2578.1

expressly addresses Chapter 7 ERISA Plans.^[12]

The regulation now includes provisions governing:

• deemed abandonment
• bankruptcy trustees
• eligible designees
• delinquent contribution analysis
• notices
• distributions
• expenses
• liability rules.^[12]

DOL's fact sheet states that the amendments became effective July 16, 2024 and may be relied upon from that date.^[10]

The operative CFR confirms the operative result.

Has DOL Finished the Abandoned Plan Rulemaking?

Not with a later conventional final rule.

DOL's 2026 long-term regulatory list still includes:

Amendment of Abandoned Plan Program — RIN 1210-AC04.^[8]

That does not suspend the current Chapter 7 provisions.

It means the project remains open for possible later action.

Again:

interim status and operative status can coexist.

What Can Later Comments Still Change?

Potentially a great deal.

The 2024 comment request invited further input on program improvements.^[9][11]

Stakeholders could address issues involving:

• missing participants
• distribution destinations
• electronic delivery
• bankruptcy administration
• QTA procedures
• plan assets
• operational burdens.

A later rule could modify current interim provisions.

Until that happens, the existing codified text governs.

Comments influence the next step.

They do not suspend the current step.

The 408(b)(2) Rule Shows the Other Possible Outcome

Not every IFR remains in place for years.

DOL published a service-provider fee-disclosure regulation in July 2010.^[13]

The rule addressed what covered service providers must disclose to plan fiduciaries so the fiduciary can evaluate:

• services
• compensation
• indirect compensation
• conflicts
• reasonableness of the arrangement.^[13]

DOL invited comments.

Then the agency changed the rule.

What Happened Between 2010 and 2012?

The interim text went through:

• public comments
• applicability-date extensions
• implementation analysis
• revisions.

DOL issued the final 408(b)(2) regulation in February 2012, effective July 1, 2012.^[14][15][16]

The final version changed several parts of the interim approach.^[15]

That is the reason old interim text is dangerous after superseding final action.

What Changed in the Final 408(b)(2) Rule?

DOL's own comparison identifies changes involving:^[15]

• exclusion of certain legacy 403(b) contracts and custodial accounts
• enhanced descriptions of indirect compensation
• investment-related disclosures
• timing
• disclosure-error correction
• compensation definitions
• fiduciary response when a service provider fails to disclose required information.

The rule's final start date was also moved to:

July 1, 2012.^[14][15]

The current rule is 29 CFR 2550.408b-2.^[17]

A 2026 compliance manual should start there.

Not with the 2010 version.

Worked Example: "Interim" Is Treated as Optional

401(k) recordkeeper tells a sponsor:

"The lifetime-income regulation is still interim, so the illustrations are voluntary until DOL finalizes it."

That is wrong.

Current 2520.105-3 requires the illustrations.^[6]

The rule became effective in 2021.^[3][6]

Finalization remaining on a future regulatory agenda does not erase the operative CFR.

The correct question is not:

Has DOL removed the word interim?

It is:

What regulation is operative now?

Worked Example: Bankruptcy Trustee Waits for Another Final Rule

Chapter 7 trustee assumes the 2024 abandoned-plan amendments cannot be used yet.

The trustee waits.

That can prolong administration and keep participant accounts stranded.

Current Part 2578 already includes the Chapter 7 framework.^[12]

DOL expressly stated the amendments may be relied upon beginning July 16, 2024.^[10]

The later rulemaking project may refine the program.

It does not negate current eligibility.

Worked Example: Old 408(b)(2) Text Is Still in the Compliance Manual

Service provider's internal handbook quotes the 2010 interim language.

It never incorporated the 2012 final changes.

That creates a straightforward source-control failure.

The 2010 rule explains history.

The 2012 final action and current 2550.408b-2 control current obligations.^[15][17]

A later final rule can supersede interim text even when both documents remain online.

IFR vs Direct Final Rule

INV-191 covers the direct-final procedure.

The easiest distinction is:

DFR: final text is published because the agency expects no serious objection; an adverse-comment mechanism can stop it before effectiveness.

IFR: regulatory text is issued on an interim-final basis and may become operative while the agency continues receiving or considering comments.

A DFR's defining risk is:

withdrawal before effectiveness.

An IFR's defining research problem is:

operative text may later be revised.

Those are not the same lifecycle.

IFR vs NPRM

INV-190 covers NPRMs.

An NPRM says:

here is what the agency proposes.

An IFR says:

here is the rule the agency is issuing now, subject to the stated start date, while further comment remains possible.

That difference changes implementation.

A proposal drives planning.

An effective IFR can drive compliance.

The ACTION and DATES sections tell the reader which one is in front of them.

IFR vs Ordinary Final Rule

An ordinary final rule usually follows the agency's proposal and comment process.

The final preamble responds to the record and supplies final regulatory text.

An IFR moves final text earlier in the sequence.

That does not necessarily make its legal force weaker while it is effective.

It makes the policy process less complete.

A later final action may still revise the text.

IFR vs FAB, Technical Release or FAQ

A Field Assistance Bulletin, Technical Release or FAQ can:

• explain
• announce enforcement policy
• interpret
• facilitate implementation.

Those documents do not become regulations merely because they address an IFR.

The lifetime-income FAQs are a good example.^[5]

They clarified transition timing.

They did not replace 2520.105-3.

INV-176, INV-177 and INV-183 cover those source types separately.

Does Every IFR Need Immediate Compliance?

No.

Read the dates.

The lifetime-income rule waited one year before effectiveness.^[3]

The 2024 abandoned-plan amendments waited 60 days.^[9]

Other interim rules can become effective immediately or on shorter schedules if the governing law permits and the agency explains the basis.

The label does not tell the reader the lead time.

The DATES section does.

Can the Effective Date and Comment Deadline Be the Same?

Yes.

The abandoned-plan amendments prove it.^[9]

That arrangement means:

• comments can affect future revisions
• the current text can still begin operating.

A compliance team must resist the instinct that:

open comment period = nonbinding proposal.

That equation is false.

Does Post-Promulgation Comment Satisfy Every APA Problem?

Not automatically.

APA procedure can become a litigation issue.

Whether an agency lawfully bypassed ordinary advance notice depends on:

• statutory authority
• claimed exception
• good-cause finding where applicable
• procedural record
• later judicial review.

A plan administrator generally does not need to resolve that administrative-law dispute before following an effective, unstayed current regulation.

Counsel evaluating a challenge may.

Different questions require different depth.

What Should a Plan Track After an IFR Publishes?

Track five dates or events.

Publication

When did the document enter the Federal Register?

Comment deadline

When does the agency close the post-promulgation record?

Rule start date

When does the regulation legally operate?

Applicability or first-compliance date

When does this plan first have to perform?

Later action

Did DOL:

• finalize
• revise
• delay
• extend
• withdraw
• replace
• leave the interim text in place?

One spreadsheet line can prevent years of stale compliance.

Operative CFR Is the Best Operational Check

If a historical Federal Register search returns:

Interim Final Rule

and a operative CFR search shows the same provision still in force, the adjective should not distract the researcher.

The operative CFR answers:

what regulatory text applies now?

The Federal Register history answers:

how did that text get here?

Both matter.

They answer different questions.

Why Can an IFR Remain "Interim" for Years?

Because regulatory finalization competes with other agency priorities.

Once interim text is functioning, the immediate operational problem may be solved.

The agency may still want to revisit:

• assumptions
• definitions
• model language
• reporting burdens
• edge cases
• market changes
• comments that require more study.

That creates an odd but legitimate status:

the rule works now, while the policy file remains open.

The lifetime-income project shows this clearly.

Plans have been implementing the disclosure regime for years.

DOL still lists a later finalization project as a long-term action.^[8]

The delay does not create a compliance vacuum.

It creates a version-control obligation.

Why Is Version Control More Important With Interim Text?

Because an organization can make either of two opposite mistakes.

Mistake 1: treat the rule as provisional and ignore it

That creates current noncompliance when the interim text is already operative.

Mistake 2: freeze the first version forever

That creates stale compliance if DOL later changes:

• calculations
• definitions
• coverage
• model language
• timing
• transition relief.

A recordkeeper should therefore store:

• Federal Register source
• RIN
• start date
• first applicability date
• comments page
• later FAQs
• later Federal Register actions
• current codified provision.

That turns regulatory history into a controlled implementation record.

Can a Later Final Rule Be Less Favorable Than the Interim Version?

Yes.

Post-promulgation comment does not promise that later changes will only make compliance easier.

The final agency action can:

• narrow an exception
• add disclosure detail
• change assumptions
• revise definitions
• impose a different transition schedule.

The 408(b)(2) history proves that the later text can materially change the interim architecture.^[15]

A service provider that built systems around the 2010 version needed to compare the 2012 final rule line by line.

The correct implementation question was not:

"Is the topic the same?"

It was:

"Which exact regulatory conditions changed?"

Can the Later Final Rule Be More Flexible?

Also yes.

Comments can identify unnecessary cost, ambiguity or operational friction.

DOL may respond with:

• exclusions
• longer implementation periods
• clearer correction rules
• revised definitions
• different model language.

Again, 408(b)(2) is useful because the final regulation changed both substantive details and timing.^[15]

Post-promulgation participation is therefore not ceremonial.

It can change the version that ultimately replaces the interim text.

Does the Agency Have to Reopen Every Part of the Rule?

No.

An IFR can ask broad questions or focus comments on selected issues.

The 2024 abandoned-plan action adopted a functioning Chapter 7 framework while inviting additional views on possible program improvements.^[9][11]

That means a commenter can argue for a future change without preventing the existing text from operating.

The compliance team and policy team should therefore work separately:

Compliance team: implement what is operative.

Policy team: monitor what could change.

Combining those functions produces confusion.

What If the Interim Text and a Later FAQ Seem Different?

Do not solve the conflict by choosing the easier document.

Use a hierarchy.

1. Read the statute.
2. Read the operative regulation.
3. Confirm later amendments.
4. Read the FAQ in context.
5. Check whether the FAQ is explaining timing, interpreting an ambiguous provision or describing enforcement policy.

If the FAQ appears broader than the regulation, the discrepancy may require counsel.

A subregulatory explanation should not be treated as silent amendatory text.

That discipline is especially important when guidance survives online after the underlying rule changes.

Does an IFR Automatically End When the Comment Period Closes?

No.

Closing comments ends the submission window.

It does not:

• suspend the rule
• convert it automatically into another document
• force DOL to publish a final action by a fixed date unless a statute requires one.

The lifetime-income rule demonstrates this.

Comments closed in November 2020.^[3]

The regulation became operative in September 2021.^[3]

The rulemaking project remains open years later.^[8]

Three different events occurred on three different timelines.

That is why one date cannot stand in for the whole status analysis.

Can an IFR Be Challenged in Court?

Yes.

An operative interim regulation is still agency action and can face administrative-law challenges where jurisdiction, standing and review requirements are satisfied.

Potential disputes can concern:

• statutory authority
• APA procedure
• good cause
• reasoned decision-making
• effective timing
• substantive interpretation.

A pending lawsuit does not automatically suspend a rule.

A stay, injunction or vacatur can.

For current compliance, the status check therefore extends beyond DOL's website when litigation exists.

INV-180 covers stays and vacatur in more detail.

Why "Interim Final" Is More Than a Strange Label

The label captures two truths at once.

Final: the agency has issued regulatory text capable of operating according to its dates.

Interim: the agency is still leaving room for later revision through further consideration of comments or another final action.

That is not semantic contradiction.

It is a sequencing choice.

Once that is understood, the source becomes much easier to use.

A Practical Status Matrix

This is why:

interim

is not a compliance conclusion.

Interim-Rule Status Checklist

Before relying on an IFR, verify:

ACTION

Does the document actually say:

Interim final rule

or:

Interim final rules with request for comments?

Legal authority

Was the format:

• directed by statute
• supported by prior proposal
• based on good cause
• supported by another procedural basis?

Rule start date

When does the rule operate?

Applicability

When does it first affect the plan?

Comment deadline

Can the public still influence later text?

Operative CFR

Is the interim text currently codified?

Later Federal Register actions

Did DOL publish:

• final rule
• delay
• correction
• extension
• amendment?

Current agenda

Is finalization still pending?

Litigation

Has a court stayed or vacated the rule?

Guidance

Are FAQs or FABs explaining implementation without replacing the regulation?

That sequence resolves most status questions quickly.

Fast Answers

Is an IFR binding?

It can be. If the rule is effective and operative, the word "interim" does not make compliance optional.

Does interim mean temporary?

Not necessarily. Some interim text remains operative for years.

Is the lifetime-income rule still interim?

Its rulemaking source is the 2020 IFR, and DOL's finalization project remains on the 2026 long-term agenda.^[6][8]

Is the lifetime-income rule still binding?

Yes. Current 29 CFR 2520.105-3 contains the requirement.^[6]

When did it become effective?

September 18, 2021.^[3][6]

Did DOL receive comments?

Yes. DOL later said it received 36 unique submissions.^[5]

Are the 2024 Chapter 7 abandoned-plan amendments operative?

Yes. They became effective July 16, 2024 and appear in current 29 CFR 2578.1.^[9][10][12]

Can comments still matter after an IFR becomes effective?

Yes. They can influence later final or amended text.

Did the 2010 408(b)(2) interim text remain unchanged?

No. DOL materially modified it in the 2012 final regulation.^[15]

Is an IFR the same as a direct final rule?

No. A DFR commonly has a pre-effective-date withdrawal mechanism; an IFR can already become operative while further comments are considered.

Is an IFR the same as an NPRM?

No. An NPRM proposes future text. An effective IFR can already be current regulatory text.

Can an FAQ change an IFR?

Not by itself. The regulatory text changes through valid legal action.

What is the safest one-sentence rule?

Interim describes how the rule was issued; effective and current describe whether the plan must follow it now.

Sources & References

1. Legal Information Institute / U.S. Code: 5 U.S.C. §553 — Rule Making — https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/553
2. Administrative Conference of the United States: Recommendation 95-4 — Procedures for Noncontroversial and Expedited Rulemaking — https://www.acus.gov/sites/default/files/documents/95-4.pdf
3. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration / GovInfo: Pension Benefit Statements — Lifetime Income Illustrations, 85 FR 59132, September 18, 2020 — https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-09-18/pdf/FR-2020-09-18.pdf
4. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration: Pension Benefit Statements — Lifetime Income Illustrations Fact Sheet — https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/fact-sheets/pension-benefit-statements-lifetime-income-illustrations
5. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration: Temporary Implementing FAQs — Lifetime Income Illustrations — https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/faqs/lifetime-income-illustration-faqs.pdf
6. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations / Legal Information Institute: 29 CFR §2520.105-3 — Lifetime Income Disclosure for Individual Account Plans — https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/29/2520.105-3
7. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration: SECURE Act — Lifetime Income Resources — https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/laws-and-regulations/laws/secure-act
8. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs / Reginfo.gov: 2026 DOL Long-Term Regulatory Actions — https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain?agencyCd=1200&currentPubId=202510&operation=OPERATION_GET_AGENCY_RULE_LIST&showStage=longterm
9. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration / GovInfo: Abandoned Plan Regulations, 89 FR 43636, May 17, 2024 — https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-17/pdf/FR-2024-05-17.pdf
10. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration: Abandoned Individual Account Plan Regulations and Class Exemption Fact Sheet — https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/fact-sheets/abandoned-individual-account-plan-regulations-and-class-exemption
11. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration: Abandoned Plan Regulations — Public Comments, RIN 1210-AC04 — https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/laws-and-regulations/rules-and-regulations/public-comments/1210-AC04
12. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations / Legal Information Institute: 29 CFR §2578.1 — Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans — https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/29/2578.1
13. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration / GovInfo: Reasonable Contract or Arrangement Under Section 408(b)(2) — Fee Disclosure, 75 FR 41600, July 16, 2010 — https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-07-16/pdf/2010-16768.pdf
14. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration: Final Regulation Relating to Service Provider Disclosures Under Section 408(b)(2) — https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/fact-sheets/final-regulation-service-provider-disclosures-under-408b2
15. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration: Changes to Final Fee Disclosure Rule — https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/employers-and-advisers/plan-administration-and-compliance/retirement/changes-to-final-fee-disclosure-rule
16. U.S. Department of Labor — Employee Benefits Security Administration / GovInfo: Final 408(b)(2) Regulation, 77 FR 5632, February 3, 2012 — https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-02-03/pdf/2012-2262.pdf
17. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations / Legal Information Institute: 29 CFR §2550.408b-2 — General Statutory Exemption for Services or Office Space — https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/29/2550.408b-2

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