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Good morning R10 Community Grant Recipients,
Please see the important announcement below - EPA, Made in America Office, & federal water infrastructure agencies seek information to advance domestic manufacturing of critical water
infrastructure products.
WASHINGTON – Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Request for Information (RFI) regarding products used in water infrastructure projects that receive federal
financial assistance and are subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) requirements. EPA, in partnership with the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) Made in America
Office and other federal agencies, is seeking information that will improve understanding of the current domestic supply of products used in drinking water, wastewater and stormwater
projects, and agricultural treatment and delivery systems.
EPA and other federal agencies that fund water infrastructure projects, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of the Interior, are interested in information detailing domestic materials
sourcing, market readiness, product supply considerations, and whether specific products used in water infrastructure projects or their components are, or can be, manufactured in the
United States. Information collected as part of this RFI will be shared between the listed federal agencies.
EPA is committed to advancing Made in America objectives and implementing Build America, Buy America requirements to support long-term investments in domestic production. Using information
collected from this RFI, EPA will support efforts to catalyze domestic manufacturing and jobs and support resilient supply chains to successfully deliver a wide range of urgently needed
water infrastructure products and projects.
EPA will be hosting a public webinar to provide an overview of the notice on November 21, 2023 at 1pm EST. To register for the webinar please visit here <https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/77
19865087637412437> . Additionally, EPA will be taking comments on the notice for 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. Once published, submit your comments, at https://www.regulations.go
v <https://www.regulations.gov/> : Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2023-0396. A pre-publication version of the RFI is available for review here <https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-11/ow-fri-wip
-notice-pre-publication.pdf> .
Thank you for joining us for this important joint effort by federal water infrastructure programs. If you have any questions about the RFI or the webinar, please contact Leslie Corcelli
<mailto:Corcelli.Leslie@epa.gov> or Tim Connor <mailto:Connor,%20Timothy%20%3cConnor.Timothy@epa.gov%3e> (copied).
Sincerely,
The Region 10 Community Grants Team
R10CommunityGrants@epa.gov <mailto:R10CommunityGrants@epa.gov>