Buy America Waiver Notification

Gregory G. Nadeau
Federal Highway Administration
21 November 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 224 (Monday, November 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 83328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27929]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Buy America Waiver Notification

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 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 use of non-domestic iron 
and steel components in brake assembly with 5'' mill duty shoe, 
machinery rod ends with 2'' bore, static load capacity 378955 lb. for 
rehabilitation of Cow Bayou Swing Bridge in the State of Texas.

DATES: The effective date of the waiver is November 22, 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 Mr. 
William Winne, FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366-1397, or via 
email at William.Winne@dot.gov. Office hours for 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 Publishing Office's database at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/.

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 use of non-domestic iron and steel components in brake 
assembly with 5'' mill duty shoe, machinery rod ends with 2'' bore, 
static load capacity 378955 lb. for rehabilitation of Cow Bayou Swing 
Bridge in the State of Texas.
    In accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 
(Pub. L. 114-113) and the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2017 (Pub. 
L. 114-223), FHWA published a notice of intent to issue a waiver on its 
Web site: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/contracts/waivers.cfm?id=135 on September 21st. The FHWA received no comments in 
response to the publication. Based on all the information available to 
the agency, FHWA concludes that there are no domestic manufacturers of 
brake assembly with 5'' mill duty shoe, machinery rod ends with 2'' 
bore, static load capacity 378955 lb. for rehabilitation of Cow Bayou 
Swing Bridge in the State of Texas.
    In accordance with the provisions of section 117 of the SAFETEA-LU 
Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-244, 122 Stat. 1572), 
FHWA is providing this notice as its finding 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: November 14, 2016.
Gregory G. Nadeau,
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-27929 Filed 11-18-16; 8:45 am]
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