diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/jobs/executors/SequenceTargetingReagentExecutor.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/jobs/executors/SequenceTargetingReagentExecutor.java
index 3c7b0b3d8..9c96eec15 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/jobs/executors/SequenceTargetingReagentExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/jobs/executors/SequenceTargetingReagentExecutor.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.exceptions.ObjectUpdateException.ObjectUpdateExceptionData;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.interfaces.AGRCurationSchemaVersion;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.SequenceTargetingReagent;
-import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.associations.sequenceTargetingReagentAssociations.SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.bulkloads.BulkFMSLoad;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.bulkloads.BulkLoadFile;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.bulkloads.BulkLoadFileHistory;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/SequenceTargetingReagentService.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/SequenceTargetingReagentService.java
index a11689115..14d3fa63b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/SequenceTargetingReagentService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/SequenceTargetingReagentService.java
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 package org.alliancegenome.curation_api.services;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.constants.EntityFieldConstants;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.dao.SequenceTargetingReagentDAO;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.enums.BackendBulkDataProvider;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.exceptions.ObjectUpdateException;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.interfaces.crud.BaseUpsertServiceInterface;
-import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.Gene;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.SequenceTargetingReagent;
-import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.associations.sequenceTargetingReagentAssociations.SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.ingest.dto.fms.SequenceTargetingReagentFmsDTO;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.services.base.BaseEntityCrudService;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.services.validation.dto.fms.SequenceTargetingReagentFmsDTOValidator;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationService.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationService.java
index 4c00833a2..bf19881cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationService.java
@@ -9,20 +9,14 @@
 
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.constants.EntityFieldConstants;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.dao.associations.SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationDAO;
-import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.dao.associations.alleleAssociations.AlleleGeneAssociationDAO;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.enums.BackendBulkDataProvider;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.exceptions.ObjectUpdateException;
-import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.interfaces.crud.BaseUpsertServiceInterface;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.Gene;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.SequenceTargetingReagent;
-import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.associations.alleleAssociations.AlleleGeneAssociation;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.entities.associations.sequenceTargetingReagentAssociations.SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation;
-import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.ingest.dto.associations.alleleAssociations.AlleleGeneAssociationDTO;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.model.ingest.dto.fms.SequenceTargetingReagentFmsDTO;
-import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.services.base.BaseAssociationDTOCrudService;
 import org.alliancegenome.curation_api.services.validation.associations.SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationFmsDTOValidator;
 
-import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.RequestScoped;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/validation/associations/SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationFmsDTOValidator.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/validation/associations/SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationFmsDTOValidator.java
index 1997b6f97..ca24216f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/validation/associations/SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationFmsDTOValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/validation/associations/SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationFmsDTOValidator.java
@@ -22,57 +22,61 @@
 
 @RequestScoped
 public class SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationFmsDTOValidator {
-    @Inject SequenceTargetingReagentDAO sqtrDAO;
-    @Inject VocabularyTermService vocabularyTermService;
-    @Inject GeneService geneService;
+	@Inject
+	SequenceTargetingReagentDAO sqtrDAO;
+	@Inject
+	VocabularyTermService vocabularyTermService;
+	@Inject
+	GeneService geneService;
 
-    public List<SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation> validateSQTRGeneAssociationFmsDTO( SequenceTargetingReagentFmsDTO dto, BackendBulkDataProvider beDataProvider) throws ObjectValidationException {
-        List<SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation> strGeneAssociations = new ArrayList<>();
-        ObjectResponse<SequenceTargetingReagent> sqtrResponse = new ObjectResponse<>();
+	public List<SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation> validateSQTRGeneAssociationFmsDTO(SequenceTargetingReagentFmsDTO dto, BackendBulkDataProvider beDataProvider) throws ObjectValidationException {
+		List<SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation> strGeneAssociations = new ArrayList<>();
+		ObjectResponse<SequenceTargetingReagent> sqtrResponse = new ObjectResponse<>();
 
-        SequenceTargetingReagent sqtr;
-        SearchResponse<SequenceTargetingReagent> sqtrSearchResponse = sqtrDAO.findByField("modEntityId", dto.getPrimaryId());
+		SequenceTargetingReagent sqtr;
+		SearchResponse<SequenceTargetingReagent> sqtrSearchResponse = sqtrDAO.findByField("modEntityId",
+				dto.getPrimaryId());
 
-        if (sqtrSearchResponse == null || sqtrSearchResponse.getSingleResult() == null) {
-            sqtrResponse.addErrorMessage("modEntityId",
-                    ValidationConstants.INVALID_MESSAGE + " (" + dto.getPrimaryId() + ")");
-            sqtr = new SequenceTargetingReagent();
-        } else {
-            sqtr = sqtrSearchResponse.getSingleResult();
-        }
+		if (sqtrSearchResponse == null || sqtrSearchResponse.getSingleResult() == null) {
+			sqtrResponse.addErrorMessage("modEntityId",
+					ValidationConstants.INVALID_MESSAGE + " (" + dto.getPrimaryId() + ")");
+			sqtr = new SequenceTargetingReagent();
+		} else {
+			sqtr = sqtrSearchResponse.getSingleResult();
+		}
 
-        VocabularyTerm relation;
-        SearchResponse<VocabularyTerm> relationSearchResponse = vocabularyTermService.findByField("name", "targets");
-        if (relationSearchResponse == null || relationSearchResponse.getSingleResult() == null) {
-            sqtrResponse.addErrorMessage("relation", ValidationConstants.INVALID_MESSAGE + " (" + "targets" + ")");
-            relation = new VocabularyTerm();
-        } else {
-            relation = relationSearchResponse.getSingleResult();
-        }
+		VocabularyTerm relation;
+		SearchResponse<VocabularyTerm> relationSearchResponse = vocabularyTermService.findByField("name", "targets");
+		if (relationSearchResponse == null || relationSearchResponse.getSingleResult() == null) {
+			sqtrResponse.addErrorMessage("relation", ValidationConstants.INVALID_MESSAGE + " (" + "targets" + ")");
+			relation = new VocabularyTerm();
+		} else {
+			relation = relationSearchResponse.getSingleResult();
+		}
 
-        if(dto.getTargetGeneIds() != null){
-            for (String geneId : dto.getTargetGeneIds()) {
-                Gene gene = geneService.findByIdentifierString(geneId);
-    
-                if (gene == null) {
-                    sqtrResponse.addErrorMessage("targetGeneIds",
-                            ValidationConstants.INVALID_MESSAGE + " (" + geneId + ")");
-                } else {
-                    SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation strGeneAssociation = new SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation();
-                    strGeneAssociation.setSequenceTargetingReagentAssociationSubject(sqtr);
-                    strGeneAssociation.setRelation(relation);
-                    strGeneAssociation.setSequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationObject(gene);
-    
-                    strGeneAssociations.add(strGeneAssociation);
-                }
-    
-            }
-        }
-        
-        if (sqtrResponse.hasErrors()) {
-            throw new ObjectValidationException(dto, sqtrResponse.errorMessagesString());
-        }
+		if (dto.getTargetGeneIds() != null) {
+			for (String geneId : dto.getTargetGeneIds()) {
+				Gene gene = geneService.findByIdentifierString(geneId);
 
-        return strGeneAssociations;
-    }
+				if (gene == null) {
+					sqtrResponse.addErrorMessage("targetGeneIds",
+							ValidationConstants.INVALID_MESSAGE + " (" + geneId + ")");
+				} else {
+					SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation strGeneAssociation = new SequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociation();
+					strGeneAssociation.setSequenceTargetingReagentAssociationSubject(sqtr);
+					strGeneAssociation.setRelation(relation);
+					strGeneAssociation.setSequenceTargetingReagentGeneAssociationObject(gene);
+
+					strGeneAssociations.add(strGeneAssociation);
+				}
+
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (sqtrResponse.hasErrors()) {
+			throw new ObjectValidationException(dto, sqtrResponse.errorMessagesString());
+		}
+
+		return strGeneAssociations;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/SequenceTargetingReagentBulkUploadFmsITCase.java b/src/test/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/SequenceTargetingReagentBulkUploadFmsITCase.java
index 8939c04a8..03a2df0a4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/SequenceTargetingReagentBulkUploadFmsITCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/SequenceTargetingReagentBulkUploadFmsITCase.java
@@ -67,41 +67,17 @@ public void sqtrBulkUploadCheckFields() throws Exception {
 	@Order(2)
 	public void sqtrBulkUploadMissingRequiredFields() throws Exception {
 		
-		checkFailedBulkLoad(
-			sqtrBulkPostEndpoint, 
-			sqtrTestFilePath + "MR_01_no_name.json", 
-			2, 
-			1, 
-			1
-		);
-		checkFailedBulkLoad(
-			sqtrBulkPostEndpoint, 
-			sqtrTestFilePath + "MR_02_no_taxon.json", 
-			2, 
-			1, 
-			1
-		);
+		checkFailedBulkLoad(sqtrBulkPostEndpoint, sqtrTestFilePath + "MR_01_no_name.json", 2, 1, 1);
+		checkFailedBulkLoad(sqtrBulkPostEndpoint, sqtrTestFilePath + "MR_02_no_taxon.json", 2, 1, 1);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	@Order(3)
 	public void sqtrBulkUploadEmptyRequiredFields() throws Exception {
 
-		checkFailedBulkLoad(
-			sqtrBulkPostEndpoint, 
-			sqtrTestFilePath + "ER_01_empty_name.json", 
-			2, 
-			1, 
-			1
-		);
-
-		checkFailedBulkLoad(
-			sqtrBulkPostEndpoint, 
-			sqtrTestFilePath + "ER_02_empty_taxon.json", 
-			2, 
-			1, 
-			1
-		);
+		checkFailedBulkLoad(sqtrBulkPostEndpoint, sqtrTestFilePath + "ER_01_empty_name.json", 2, 1, 1);
+
+		checkFailedBulkLoad(sqtrBulkPostEndpoint, sqtrTestFilePath + "ER_02_empty_taxon.json", 2, 1, 1);
 		
 	}