Proposed Buy America Waiver Requests, Available for Public Comment

The Department of the Interior has reviewed the following Buy America waiver requests and determined that they appear to meet the legal and policy requirements of Buy America, either in full or in part, as indicated.  They are currently open for a 15 day public comment period. Comments can be sent to DOI_Grants_BuyAmerica_Waiver@ios.doi.gov. Please reference the associated project title in the subject line of the email. Comments received prior to the public comment closing date will be reviewed and considered by DOI.  
DOI Financial Assistance Waivers

DOI Buy America Guidance

Approved DOI General Applicability Waivers

Approved Buy America Waiver Requests

 

Waiver requests open for public comment:

The following Buy America waiver requests have been received by the Department of the Interior, and are currently available for public comment. 

Project TitleWaiver JustificationDate PostedPublic Comment
Closing Date
Buy America Nonavailability Project Level Waiver
Columbia Basin Project: SCADA System		USBR is proposing a product nonavailability waiver of the requirements of section 70914 of the Build America, Buy America Act included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58) for the use of non-domestic servers, storage, networking equipment, radio equipment, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and related components, and propane generators for the modernization of the Columbia Basin Project (CBP) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system funded through the South Columbia Basin Irrigation District. This waiver is in effect for the duration of the project.
Waiver type: Nonavailability of domestic products of satisfactory quantity or quality.
Waiver level: Project level waiver.
Waiver justification summary: Electronic equipment and other manufactured products required for this project are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of satisfactory quality.
Length of the waiver: From the effective date of the final waiver until the end of the project. Construction is planned from 2026 through 2030.		04/28/202605/13/2026

Pending waivers closed for public comment:

The following Buy America waiver requests have been received by the Department of the Interior, but the 15 day public comment period has now closed. These waiver requests are pending review of comments and final approval.

Project TitleWaiver JustificationDate Posted
  

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