Buy America Waiver Notification

Gregory G. Nadeau
Federal Highway Administration
15 June 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39097-39098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14142]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Buy America Waiver Notification

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information regarding FHWA's finding that 
a Buy America waiver is appropriate for the re-use of historical U.S. 
40 steel bridge truss members for construction of a bicycle and 
pedestrian bridge over Little Blue River in the City of Grandview in 
the State of Missouri.

DATES: The effective date of the waiver is June 16, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice, 
please contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA Office of Program 
Administration, 202-366-1562, or via email at gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. 
For legal questions, please contact Ms. Jennifer Mayo, FHWA Office of 
the Chief Counsel, 202-366-1523, or via email at jennifer.mayo@dot.gov. 
Office hours for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from the 
Federal Register's home page at http://www.archives.gov and the 
Government Printing Office's database at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.

Background

    The FHWA's Buy America policy in 23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 
manufacturing process for any steel or iron products (including 
protective coatings) that are permanently incorporated in a Federal-aid 
construction project. The regulation also provides for a waiver of the 
Buy America requirements when the application would be inconsistent 
with the public interest or when satisfactory quality domestic steel 
and iron products are not sufficiently available. This notice provides 
information regarding FHWA's finding that a Buy America waiver is 
appropriate for the re-use of historical U.S. 40 steel bridge truss 
members in construction of bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Little 
Blue River in Grandview, MO.
    In accordance with Division K, section 122 of the Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), FHWA

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published a notice of intent to issue a waiver on its Web site (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/contracts/waivers.cfm?id=120) on March 
22nd. The FHWA received no comments in response to the publication. The 
truss members were part of U.S. 40 Historic Bridge (Bridge #J0526) that 
was dismantled as a part of the I-70 project currently under 
construction. The steel trusses will be re-used in the construction of 
a pedestrian bridge over the Little Blue River in Grandview, MO as part 
of the Longview Lake Trail. Based on all the information available to 
the Agency, FHWA concludes that it is in the public interest to re-use 
the historical US 40 steel bridge truss members for construction of a 
bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Little Blue River in Grandview, MO.
    In accordance with the provisions of section 117 of the SAFETEA-LU 
Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-244), FHWA is providing 
this notice that a waiver of Buy America requirements is appropriate. 
The FHWA invites public comment on this finding for an additional 15 
days following the effective date of the finding. Comments may be 
submitted to FHWA's Web site via the link provided to the waiver page 
noted above.

    Authority:  23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110-161, 23 CFR 635.410.

    Issued on: June 1, 2016.
Gregory G. Nadeau,
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-14142 Filed 6-14-16; 8:45 am]
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