894CM3044_AE18511_FSNC_L_LEEMCO Letter from Manufacturer_APPENDIX B_ADDENDUM 1.pdf

RE: Origin OF MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS – MADE IN USA

Dear Valued Customer, Leemco Inc. is a manufacturer of many products to include, ductile iron directional fittings, joint restraints, lateral isolation valves, resilient wedge mainline gate valves, saddles, quick coupling valves, stainless steel products and many others not mentioned above.

Our ductile iron and stainless-steel parts are molded overseas, but only the raw casting. Those parts are shipped to the Leemco factory in Colton California in raw form and once they are received into inventory, we then perform all the quality control necessary to insure it meets or exceeds all the ASTM Standards. Such exercises include, dimension checks, gasket groove channel checks, tapping the correct size outlets, etc. All stainless-steel parts are then ready to assemble, and the completed product is pressure tested for the final quality check. The raw ductile iron parts are coated with an FBE coating (Fusion Bonded Epoxy). Once this step is completed, rubber gaskets are inserted into the product and stainless-steel hardware is assembled if applicable. All Leemco rubber gaskets and stainless-steel hardware is manufactured in California and Texas. Since more than 55% of the cost of the finished product is manufactured and assembled here in the USA, all Leemco products are USA compliant under current Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Build America and Buy America Act requirements

(BABAA).

I hope that this answers all your questions. Please advise if I can be of any further assistance.

Regards, Nunzio J. DiChristopher President

(916) 202-1333

RE: Buy America Act - Requirements

SMALL PURCHASE WAIVER:

Approved: February 21, 2023, Expires: February 20, 2028

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

TITLE: GENERAL APPLICABILITY WAIVER FOR SMALL GRANTS

1. Summary Agency: Department of the Interior Proposed Waiver: The Department of the Interior (DOI) is establishing a general applicability 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) (Buy America preference) for small grants, having determined such waiver to be in the public interest. This waiver is critical to ensure that agency small infrastructure projects conducted through small grants sustain progress and reduce the burden on recipients, many of whom are small organizations operating in rural or disadvantaged communities. The waiver will remain in effect for all eligible DOI Federal grants for a period of five years from the date of final approval, and will be reviewed as often as necessary. This proposed waiver action permits the use of non-domestic iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials in such projects that may otherwise be prohibited under section 70914(a) during the specified period of time for small grants that meet the following standard:

The total award amount does not exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold2 of currently $250,000.00.

The award amount is not anticipated to exceed the Simplified Acquisition

Threshold for the life of the grant. DOI posted a proposed waiver for public comment from December 22, 2022. The comment period ended on January 6, 2023.