Notice of a Regional Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, California. Project # C-06-5332-110 Funded by the California CWSRF ARRA Loan # 08-823-550

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby granting a waiver of the Buy American requirements of ARRA Section 1605 under the authority of Section 1605(b)(1) [applying the Buy American provision would be inconsistent with the public interest] to the Inland Empire Utilities Agency ("IEUA") for the purchase of foreign data collection transducers. This is a project-specific waiver and only applies to the use of the specified product for the ARRA project being proposed. Any other ARRA recipient that wishes to use the same product must apply for a separate waiver based on project specific circumstances. The IEUA's Rancho Cucamonga groundwater recharge project will include the purchase of three transducers with associated hardware manufactured by Solinst in Canada, for monitoring in two recharge basins. Beginning in about 2005 (prior to the enactment of ARRA), the IEUA started procuring Solinst transducers, and they developed standard training and maintenance procedures for using the Solinst transducers. They currently use approximately 20 Solinst transducers at eight recharge basins. The IEUA submitted a memorandum dated January 21, 2010, explaining the basis in performance char