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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def load_site_config(name):
 """Load and return site configuration as a dict."""

    return _load_config_json(
        os.path.join(
            CONFIG_PATH,
            CONFIG_SITES_PATH,
            name + CONFIG_EXT
        )
    )