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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">The full Working Group continues to meet twice weekly for 90 minutes as it completes substantive review of public comments on its </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001qimUKY41_YqWPJFyGzr-T_M22ND7JRSWVM1Nyh9UWYQ6q6iSPb4bN13TTpBQOW83HyS_07YxlLIbj8zZvrComR36_I3q_yy5NnaobmP7J7O9A0QcQeG9JBJv2U06hwdjWJ-z7Msf0Jq5DclTET7Df9dCI6xbqhjwoRLdDAmqtQf0TVY2WfSYnLsy8A4dCkWOUw1dUxBsO1kseHiGK51zrPSso15or6MbsjJjqEd076U=&c=t1AZKlOfeFJ5L4IlVLyD1NBrDEEEbj_vH1c8a9woyRbKQDLJYkG--A==&ch=tzykDV6UAomKSIvxbXUPdSvv1y32UCSC9SOd4pYvWOPXTUrguYWHFQ==" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Initial Report</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"> and </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001qimUKY41_YqWPJFyGzr-T_M22ND7JRSWVM1Nyh9UWYQ6q6iSPb4bN7nGxZ1jHjIXf4BvyhEl_2mWKSH0oxvR5LjkNboL0VJzJvwI_EwArbEmu1s_nKAk-V4YdjsCEEnBYOWE_H8eQ7e16gLuoVLK3yXGhvfLoCFJy50J9JqiQEOkhh7S1Dhne1UyrrkOXtPdTCKy1P1tZ-vnUaraOGDHyjJVa2LiRUvDjwGPwHokmXKOgcZwJa1n6g==&c=t1AZKlOfeFJ5L4IlVLyD1NBrDEEEbj_vH1c8a9woyRbKQDLJYkG--A==&ch=tzykDV6UAomKSIvxbXUPdSvv1y32UCSC9SOd4pYvWOPXTUrguYWHFQ==" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Supplemental Initial Report</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">. Through this review, the Working Group is considering the comments received and determining what changes, if any, need to be made to the recommendations contained in the Final Report. </span>
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