Desert Tortoise - Final Critical Habitat - USFWS [ds141]

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Tags
CA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ, Riverside County, Utah, Arizona, NV, Gopherus agassizii, biota, Lincoln County, Kern County, Los Angeles County, Clark County, Final Rule, San Bernardino County, UT, California, critical habitat, Nevada, desert tortoise, Washington County, environment, Imperial County, Mohave County


Summary

Critical habitat are areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers the importance of these areas to the conservation of this species. Special protections and/or restrictions are possible in areas where federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required.

Description

To provide the user with a general idea of areas where final critical habitat for desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) occur based on the description provided in the Federal Register. The geographic extent includes Mohave County, Arizona ; Washington County, Utah ; Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada ; and Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California.

Credits

Cathy Wilson, Cartographer, Region 8, USFWS

Use limitations

The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries of species described within this dataset. Inherent in any data set used to develop graphical representations, are limitations of accuracy as determined by, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. While the Service makes every effort to represent the critical habitat shown with this data as completely and accurately as possible (given existing time and resource constraints), the USFWS gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. In addition, the USFWS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Graphical representations provided by the use of this data do not represent a legal description of the critical habitat boundary. The user is referred to the critical habitat textual description in the appropriate final rule for this species as published in the Federal Register. These data are to be used only in the context of the definition and purpose of critical habitat. This primarily relates to Section 7 consultation under the Endangered Species Act. These data may be used for planning and land management purposes. They are not to be used for legal survey use.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

Extent

West -117.939140 East -113.290328
North 37.411836 South 32.918737

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource inlandWaters, environment, biota


* Content type Downloadable Data


Place keywords CA, AZ, Riverside County, Utah, Arizona, NV, Lincoln County, Kern County, Los Angeles County, Clark County, San Bernardino County, UT, California, Nevada, Washington County, Imperial County, Mohave County

Theme keywords biota, environment

Thesaurus
Title ISO 19115 Topic Categories


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Theme keywords U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gopherus agassizii, Final Rule, critical habitat, desert tortoise

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Citation

Title Desert Tortoise - Final Critical Habitat - USFWS [ds141]


Presentation formats * digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format Vector Digital Data Set (Polygon)


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Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Organization's name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Contact's role originator


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Resource Details

Dataset languages English(UNITED STATES)


Status completed
Spatial representation type vector


Processing environment Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1 (Build 5686) Service Pack N/A (Build N/A)


Credits
Cathy Wilson, Cartographer, Region 8, USFWS
ArcGIS item properties
* Name Desert Tortoise - Final Critical Habitat - USFWS [ds141]
* Size 0.073
* Location Server=; :; Database=; User=; Version=
* Access protocol ArcSDE Connection

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Extents

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -117.880995195
East longitude -113.295612191
South latitude 32.9840840649
North latitude 37.2790720689

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -117.939140
* East longitude -113.290328
* North latitude 37.411836
* South latitude 32.918737
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude 192595.564000
* East longitude 593887.262600
* South latitude -546140.798100
* North latitude -64989.588000
* Extent contains the resource Yes

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Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name Michael Burroughs
Organization's name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Contact's position Wildlife Biologist
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 702-515-5230
Fax 702-515-5231

Address
Type both
Delivery point 4701 N. Torrey Pines Dr.
City Las Vegas
Administrative area NV
Postal code 89130
Country US
e-mail address michael_burroughs@fws.gov

Hours of service
7:30 am to 5:00 pm (PT)
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Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency as needed


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Resource Constraints

Legal constraints
Limitations of use
See access and use constraints information.
Security constraints
Classification unclassified


Constraints
Limitations of use

The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries of species described within this dataset. Inherent in any data set used to develop graphical representations, are limitations of accuracy as determined by, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. While the Service makes every effort to represent the critical habitat shown with this data as completely and accurately as possible (given existing time and resource constraints), the USFWS gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. In addition, the USFWS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Graphical representations provided by the use of this data do not represent a legal description of the critical habitat boundary. The user is referred to the critical habitat textual description in the appropriate final rule for this species as published in the Federal Register. These data are to be used only in the context of the definition and purpose of critical habitat. This primarily relates to Section 7 consultation under the Endangered Species Act. These data may be used for planning and land management purposes. They are not to be used for legal survey use.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.


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Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
* Projection WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 102100
X origin -20037700
Y origin -30241100
XY scale 10000
Z origin 0
Z scale 1
M origin 0
M scale 1
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3857
Well-known text PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",3857]]

Reference system identifier
* Value 3857
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 8.8(9.3.1.2)


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Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name DS0141_20230823
* Object type composite
* Object count 0

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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name DS0141_20230823
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Polygon
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 0
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE

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Data Quality

Scope of quality information
Resource level dataset


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Data quality report - Conceptual consistency
Measure description
This data is believed to be logically consistent. Because of changes in the sections and quarter quarters between when the Federal Register was written and now, some of the sections and quarter quarters do not line up with current PLSS section and quarter quarter shapefiles. When this happens, we used the data that was in effect when the Federal Register was written. Whenever the edge of the critical habitat goes across at an angle or squiggles along, it is following a road, a wash or an administrative boundary. Check the wording in the Federal Register to verify what it's following and use that as a guide. Highways, washes and administrative boundaries tend to follow different paths on different maps, but they are pretty static in the real world!


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Data quality report - Completeness omission
Measure description
Contains the critical habitat polygons as described in the Federal Register; no generalization was performed and no data was intentionally omitted.


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Data quality report - Quantitative attribute accuracy
Measure description
The attributes listed are believed to be accurate to their application within the data.


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Data quality report - Absolute external positional accuracy
Dimension horizontal


Measure description
Polygon were checked by the analyst against the Federal Register and current PLSS shapefiles as well as older topographic data and BLM maps for omissions and correctness. There are some differences in sections and quarter quarters from when the Federal Register was originally written and when this data was updated. Whenever possible, the older data was used to verify and correct the shapefiles, as this was what the original authors used.


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Data quality report - Absolute external positional accuracy
Dimension vertical


Measure description
A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable.


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Lineage

Process step
When the process occurred
Indeterminate date unknown
Description
Metadata updated.


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Process step
When the process occurred 2003-09-01
Description
Polygon shapefiles were received from BLM offices in California, Nevada and Utah, as well as Arizona Game and Fish. These shapefiles were then merged together and attributed.


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Process step
When the process occurred 2010-11-23
Description
Polygons were compared by the GIS analyst and the Desert Tortoise species lead with PLSS Township, Range and Section data, old and current, and the wording and maps in the Federal Register. Polygons were adjusted where necessary.


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Source data
Description
Used as a reference to define boundaries of critical habitat.


Source medium name hardcopy
Source citation
Title Federal Register / Vol. 59, No. 26 / February 8, 1994 / Final Rule
Alternate titles 59FR5820
Publication date 1994-02-08


FGDC geospatial presentation format pdf


Responsible party
Organization's name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contact's role originator


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Geoprocessing history

Process
Date 2023-09-0811:22:19
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.6\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Project
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Date 2023-09-0811:22:54
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.6\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\FeatureClassToFeatureClass
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


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Distribution

Distributor
Contact information
Organization's name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contact's position ECOS Development Team
Contact's role distributor


Contact information
Phone
Voice 970-266-2999

Address
Type both
Delivery point 1201 Oakridge Dr.
City Fort Collins
Administrative area CO
Postal code 80525
Country US
e-mail address http://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/helpTickets/create

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Available format
Name Web Feature Service - All Critical Habitat


Ordering process
Terms and fees None
Instructions
This shapefile is downloadable from the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Critical Habitat Portal. See the "Online Source" section.

Transfer options
Online source
Location http://services.arcgis.com/QVENGdaPbd4LUkLV/arcgis/rest/services/USFWS_Critical_Habitat/FeatureServer

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Distribution format
* Name SDE Feature Class


Transfer options
* Transfer size 0.073


Online source
Location http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/crithab/zip/FCH_Gopherus_agassizii_19940208.zip
Function performed download

Online source
Location https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS
Function performed information

Online source
Location https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/100_199/ds141.zip
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Fields

Details for object DS0141_20230823
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 0
Definition
Final Critical Habitat for todo_SCINAME (todo_COMNAME)
Definition source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


Field OBJECTID
* Alias OBJECTID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
* Field description
Internal feature number.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field PUBDATE
* Alias PUBDATE
* Data type String
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Federal Register publication date
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field LEADOFFICE
* Alias LEADOFFICE
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Lead Office Cost Center Code
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field STATUS
* Alias STATUS
* Data type String
* Width 20
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Critical Habitat Status
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
List of values
Value EXCLUDED
Description Excluded (4A3 or 4B2)
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


Value FINAL
Description Final Critical Habitat
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


Value VACATED
Description Vacated by Court Order
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


Value PROPOSED
Description Proposed Critical Habitat
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


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Field UNITNAME
* Alias UNITNAME
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Critical Habitat unit name
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field SUBUNIT
* Alias SUBUNIT
* Data type String
* Width 20
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Critical Habitat subunit code
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field UNIT
* Alias UNIT
* Data type String
* Width 20
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Critical habitat unit code
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field VIPCODE
* Alias VIPCODE
* Data type String
* Width 3
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Unique Population Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field VACATEDATE
* Alias VACATEDATE
* Data type String
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Date critical habitat designation vacated
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field FEDREG
* Alias FEDREG
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Federal Register ID
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field COOPOFFICE
* Alias COOPOFFICE
* Data type String
* Width 25
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Cooperating Office Cost Center Code
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field SCINAME
* Alias SCINAME
* Data type String
* Width 200
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Binomial or trinomial scientific name
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field Shape
* Alias Shape
* Data type Geometry
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Feature geometry.
Description source
ESRI
* Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.


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Field COMNAME
* Alias COMNAME
* Data type String
* Width 200
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Legal common name of the species
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field SPCODE
* Alias SPCODE
* Data type String
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Unique Species Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field EFFECTDATE
* Alias EFFECTDATE
* Data type String
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Effective date for critical habitat designation
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field COOPOFMORE
* Alias COOPOFMORE
* Data type String
* Width 254
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Additional Cooperating Office Cost Center Codes
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field ACCURACY
* Alias ACCURACY
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Accuracy items or concerns
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
List of values
Value Source Adjustment
Description Source data is inconsistent or coarse
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


Value Seasonal Adjustment
Description Data is dependent on seasonal factors
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


Value Other
Description Other concern
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


Value Temporal Adjustment
Description Data is dependent on temporal factors
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


Value Tidal Adjustment
Description Data is dependent on tidal fluctuations
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


Value Historical Adjustment
Description Reference features, streams, boundaries, etc. have changed
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


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Field SUBUNITNAM
* Alias SUBUNITNAM
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Critical Habitat subunit name
Description source
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Field SHAPE_Leng
* Alias SHAPE_Leng
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 38
* Scale 8


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Field Shape.STArea()
* Alias Shape.STArea()
* Data type Double
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0


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Field Shape.STLength()
* Alias Shape.STLength()
* Data type Double
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0


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Overview Description
Entity and Attribute Overview
The entity and attribute information provided here describes the tabular data associated with the data set. Please review the detailed descriptions that are provided (the individual attribute descriptions) for information on the values that appear as fields/table entries of the data set.


Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
The entity and attribute information was generated by the individual and/or agency identified as the originator of the data set. Please review the rest of the metadata record for additional details and information.


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Metadata Details

Metadata language English(UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name * dataset


* Last update 2023-09-08


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Metadata style FGDC CSDGM Metadata
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2023-09-0811:22:14
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2023-09-0811:22:52


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2023-09-0811:22:52


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Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name Donald P. Harper
Organization's name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Contact's position Geographer
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 702-515-5230
Fax 702-515-5231

Address
Type both
Delivery point 4701 N. Torrey Pines Dr.
City Las Vegas
Administrative area NV
Postal code 89130
Country US
e-mail address don_harper@fws.gov

Hours of service
7:30 am - 5:00 pm (PT)
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Metadata contact
Organization's name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Information Resource and Technology Management
Contact's position National GIS Coordinator
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (303) 275-2348

Address
Type both
Delivery point 755 Parfet Street
City Denver
Administrative area CO
Postal code 80215
Country US
e-mail address fwsgis@fws.gov

Hours of service
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM PST
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