80 FR 70074 - Notice of Intent to Grant a Buy America Waiver to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for the Use of Eight (8) Non-Domestic Components in Tier III High-Speed Rail Trainsets
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 218 (November 12, 2015)
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 218 (November 12, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-28708 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 218 (Thursday, November 12, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 70074-70077] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-28708] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. FRA-2012-0033] Notice of Intent to Grant a Buy America Waiver to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for the Use of Eight (8) Non- Domestic Components in Tier III High-Speed Rail Trainsets AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), United States Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of intent to grant Buy America waiver. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: : FRA is issuing this notice to advise the public that it intends to grant Amtrak a waiver from FRA's Buy America policy for the use of eight components of Tier III high-speed rail (HSR) trainsets. DATES: Written comments on FRA's determination to grant Amtrak's Buy [[Page 70075]] America waiver request should be provided to the FRA on or before November 27, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please submit your comments by one of the following means, identifying your submissions by docket number FRA-2012-0033. All electronic submissions must be made to the U.S. Government electronic site at http://www.regulations.gov. Commenters should follow the instructions below for mailed and hand-delivered comments: (1) Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the U.S. Government electronic docket site; (2) Fax: (202) 493-2251; (3) Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M-30, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001; or (4) Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the first floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Instructions: All submissions must reference the ``Federal Railroad Administration'' and include docket number FRA-2012-0033. Due to security procedures in effect since October 2001, mail received through the U.S. Postal Service may be subject to delays. Parties making submissions responsive to this notice should consider using an express mail firm to ensure the prompt filing of any submissions not filed electronically or by hand. Note that all submissions received, including any personal information therein, will be posted without change or alteration to http://www.regulations.gov. For more information, you may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or visit http://www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Johnson, Attorney-Advisor, FRA Office of Chief Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-0078, [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA is issuing this notice to advise the public that it intends to grant Amtrak a waiver from FRA's Buy America policy for the use of the following eight components of Tier III high- speed rail (HSR) trainsets: (1) Aluminum car body shells (shell structure/frame-end, floor, roof, side); (2) Integrated cab/CEM structure; (3) vehicle paint; (4) brake control unit; (5) disc brake equipment; (6) tread brake equipment/tread cleaners; (7) brake valves, and (8) parking brake units (collectively ``Components''). The total estimated cost of the Components under this waiver is $108.3 million, or 6.8 percent of the estimated $1.6 billion cost for the 28 HSR trainsets and spare Components Amtrak will purchase. Amtrak is seeking a loan under FRA's Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan program to finance its HSR trainset procurement. FRA believes a waiver is appropriate because domestically-produced HSR Components are not currently available in the United States, and even if they could be produced in the United States, they would not be delivered within a reasonable time. Although FRA is granting Amtrak's request for these Components, Amtrak's HSR trainset supplier must assemble the HSR trainsets (other than two (2) prototypes under a previous FRA waiver) in the United States using Components and the other 126 HSR components the supplier or its contractors will manufacture in United States. The letter granting Amtrak's request is quoted below: Bernard F. Reynolds, Vice President--Procurement & Logistics, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 60 Massachusetts Ave NE., Washington, DC 20002. Re: Request for Waiver of Buy America Requirement for Components of Next Generation Trainsets Dear Mr. Reynolds: This letter is in response to your request dated November 3, 2014, that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grant the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), a waiver from FRA's Buy America policy applicable to FRA's Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan program, which follows the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 24405(a). FRA's Buy America requirement for rolling stock, including HSR trainsets, requires domestic final assembly of the trainsets and that all the components be manufactured in the United States. FRA may waive the Buy America requirements if FRA finds that: (A) Applying the requirements would be inconsistent with the public interest; (B) the steel, iron, and goods manufactured in the United States are not produced in sufficient and reasonably available amounts or are not of a satisfactory quality; (C) rolling stock or power train equipment cannot be bought or delivered to the United States within a reasonable time; or (D) including domestic material will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent. Amtrak seeks a waiver for the following components of Tier III high-speed rail (HSR) trainsets: (1) Aluminum car body shells (shell structure/frame-end, floor, roof, side); (2) Integrated cab/CEM structure; (3) vehicle paint; (4) brake control unit; (5) disc brake equipment; (6) tread brake equipment/tread cleaners; (7) brake valves, and (8) parking brake units (Components). For the reasons contained in this letter, FRA is granting Amtrak's request. Although FRA is granting Amtrak's request for these eight (8) Components, Amtrak's HSR supplier or its contractors will manufacture the other 126 HSR components, or 94 percent of all components, in the United States. Amtrak estimates the total cost of the Components under this waiver request is approximately 6.8 percent of the estimated $1.6 billion cost for the 28 HSR trainsets and spare Components Amtrak will purchase. The cost by component per trainset is: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Estimated cost Component per trainset ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Aluminum car body shells (shell structure/frame-end, $2,960,000 roof, side)............................................ (2) Integrated cab/CEM structure........................ $71,000 (3) Vehicle paint....................................... $78,000 (4) Brake control unit; (5) disc brake equipment; (6) $659,000 tread brake equipment/tread cleaners; (7) brake valves, and (8) parking brake units............................ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total per Trainset.................................. $3,768,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In July 2014, Amtrak issued a Request for Proposal for its procurement of HSR trainsets. In October 2014, Amtrak received technical proposals from manufacturers in response to its Request for Proposals. After reviewing the proposals, Amtrak determined there were seven (7) Components of the trainsets' 134 components that each manufacturer indicated it could not source domestically. On November 3, 2014, Amtrak requested from the FRA a Buy America waiver for these seven (7) components and the HSR trainset paint (discussed in more detail below). Coordinating with FRA, in February 2015 Amtrak engaged the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST-MEP) to scout for domestic manufacturers of the Components. In its April 2015 report, NIST-MEP did not [[Page 70076]] identify any suppliers making the exact Components. NIST-MEP did identify a total of 23 potential suppliers that either make products similar to the Components or claim to have the capability to manufacture the Components. FRA asked Amtrak to investigate whether any of the potential suppliers could manufacture the Components. After analyzing the NIST-MEP report and Amtrak's report regarding follow-up discussions with the potential suppliers, FRA finds that none of the potential suppliers currently manufacture the Components. FRA supports Amtrak's required procurement timeline because the timeline addresses current capacity constraints on the Northeast Corridor and increasing demand for passenger rail. Further Amtrak's timeline meets FRA's goal of establishing Tier III HSR \1\ in the United States as soon as possible. Amtrak wants the HSR trainsets to be in revenue service by 2018. To meet this date, the first body shell deliveries must arrive approximately seventeen (17) months after notice to proceed, which is scheduled for February 2016. Final assembly and 126 of the 134 trainsets' components will be manufactured in the United States. FRA believes that operational Tier III HSR in the United States will increase the attractiveness for manufacturers to establish more HSR factories in the United States, strengthen the business case for a new domestic HSR trainset industry to develop, stimulate the domestic supply chain, and bring new high quality jobs to the United States. As a result, FRA concludes that none of the NIST-MEP identified suppliers could design, test, manufacture, and deliver the Components to meet Amtrak's FRA-supported timeline, which means they cannot deliver the Components within a reasonable time. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Tier III HSR trainsets are capable of traveling 220 miles per hour. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a summary of FRA's analysis based on Amtrak's and NIST- MEP's outreach efforts: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Component potential FRA findings suppliers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Car body Shell............. 12None of the 12 potential suppliers currently manufacture aluminum car body shells for passenger/ HSR trains. After learning more about the requirements of the project, 6 of 12 potential suppliers expressed that they are not interested in the opportunity. For the remaining 6 potential suppliers, FRA found at least one of the following applied to each manufacturer. [cir] inexperience working with aluminum. [cir] no experience building passenger/HSR aluminum car bodies. [cir] no relevant experience manufacturing aluminum car bodies; and/or. [cir] have no equipment to manufacture larger extrusions necessary for HSR car body shell. FRA estimates that it could take car body shell manufacturers a minimum of 18 to 24 months to establish the required facilities and techniques. As a result, FRA finds the remaining 6 potential suppliers not capable of manufacturing the car body shell within a reasonable time. (2) Integrated cab/CEM 5 None of the 5 structure. potential suppliers currently manufacture CEM structures. 3 of 5 potential suppliers were not interested in the opportunity after learning more about it. For the remaining 2 potential suppliers, FRA found at least one of the following applied to each manufacturer. [cir] no relevant experience manufacturing CEM structures; and/or [cir] no experience building passenger/HSR CEM structures or similar relevant experience fabricating aluminum CEM structures. FRA estimates it could take CEM structure manufacturers a minimum of 18 to 24 months to establish the required facilities and techniques. As a result, FRA finds the remaining 2 potential suppliers not capable of manufacturing the CEM structure shell within a reasonable time. (3) Paint...................... 3 As applied to all 3 potential suppliers. [cir] Paint must be applied where car body shells are manufactured to protect against corrosion and oxidation while in transit to the U.S. [cir] The requirements, including foreign environmental standards, for the trainsets' paint would involve at least one year to develop the paint, have it tested and qualified for this particular use, and then exported. As a result, FRA finds that paint cannot be manufactured and delivered in a reasonable time. Brake System--(4) Brake Control 6 For safety Unit; (5) Disc Brake critical items such as Equipment; (6) Tread Brake the brake system, FRA Equipment/Tread Cleaners; (7) believes the brake Brake Valves, and (8) Parking system and its Brake Units. components must be supplied by a single, service-proven supplier. None of the 6 potential suppliers currently manufacture brake systems for HSR trains. 5 of 6 potential suppliers have no experience manufacturing rail brake systems. [cir] FRA finds that these 5 potential suppliers cannot supply the brake system. 1 potential supplier is a major domestic brake system supplier that has experience manufacturing other types of non-HSR passenger rail brake systems. [cir] FRA estimates it would take at least two years to deliver a HSR brake system. [[Page 70077]] [cir] FRA finds that the time to design, test, and manufacture a HSR brake system precludes this manufacturer from delivering the system in a reasonable time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On November 20, 2014, FRA published on its Web site public notice of Amtrak's waiver request. FRA received thirteen (13) online comments to this notice. Only one of the commenters identified a domestic source for any of the Components. The commenter asserted that the potential supplier identified in the table above is a major domestic brake system supplier and is capable of providing the brake systems. However, as described above, FRA has determined that brake systems are not domestically available for HSR trainsets nor can the one potential supplier deliver a brake system within a reasonable time. Of the thirteen (13) comments, ten (10) commenters were in favor of granting the waiver and three were against granting the waiver. Several of the ten (10) commenters in favor of granting the waiver cited safety as their reason. Many commenters also asserted that granting the waiver would be necessary to establish HSR in the United States and would lay a foundation for future domestic HSR manufacturing. The three commenters opposing the waiver argued that granting a waiver will lead to more waivers and that manufacturers could produce the HSR trainset components in the United States. Though domestic production of the HSR trainset components for which a waiver has been requested is theoretically possible, FRA believes significant safety, capacity, and technology transfer problems would result. Moreover, the delays to overcome these issues would negatively impact the schedules proposed by Amtrak. FRA believes a waiver is appropriate because the Components are not manufactured in the United States and because domestically-produced Components meeting the specific safety/service-proven, technical, design, and schedule needs of Amtrak cannot be delivered within a reasonable time. FRA bases its determination on the following: All of Amtrak's bidders independently indicated in their responses to Amtrak's Request for Proposal that the Components, other than vehicle paint, could not be sourced domestically. As noted above, the paint may be able to be manufactured domestically but cannot be produced and exported in time to for use on the car shell components. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST-MEP) did not identify any domestic manufacturer currently producing the Components. Amtrak conducted extensive outreach with manufacturers NIST-MEP identified as potential future manufacturers for the non- available components. FRA agrees with Amtrak's assertion that even if any of the identified manufacturers would attempt to produce the Components domestically, the Components could not be bought or produced in the United States within a reasonable time. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 24405(a)(4), FRA is publishing notice of its decision to grant Amtrak's waiver request in the Federal Register to provide notice of such finding and an opportunity for public comment after which this waiver will become effective. This waiver applies only to the HSR trainset Components, including spares, for Amtrak's HSR trainset procurement as identified in its November 3, 2014 waiver request. Moreover, excluding assembly of prototype trainsets, which have been addressed in a separate waiver, the trainsets must be finally assembled in the United States, and all other components that are not described in this waiver must have been produced in the United States or be the subject of a future waiver. Questions about this letter can be directed to, John Johnson, Attorney-Advisor, at [email protected] or 202-493-0078. Sincerely, Sarah Feinberg Administrator Sarah L. Inderbitzin, Acting Chief Counsel. [FR Doc. 2015-28708 Filed 11-10-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-06-P
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Notice of Intent to Grant a Buy America
diabetes management and monitoring, IV. Submitting Comments Waiver to the National Railroad
has stable control of his diabetes using Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for
insulin, and is able to drive a CMV You may submit your comments and
material online or by fax, mail, or hand the Use of Eight (8) Non-Domestic
safely. Mr. Wolf meets the requirements Components in Tier III High-Speed Rail
of the vision standard at 49 CFR delivery, but please use only one of
these means. FMCSA recommends that Trainsets
391.41(b)(10). His ophthalmologist
examined him in 2015 and certified that you include your name and a mailing AGENCY: Federal Railroad
he does not have diabetic retinopathy. address, an email address, or a phone Administration (FRA), United States
He holds an operator’s license from number in the body of your document Department of Transportation (DOT).
Indiana. so that FMCSA can contact you if there ACTION: Notice of intent to grant Buy
are questions regarding your America waiver.
III. Request for Comments submission.
To submit your comment online, go to SUMMARY: : FRA is issuing this notice to
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In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315, FMCSA requests public http://www.regulations.gov and in the advise the public that it intends to grant
comment from all interested persons on search box insert the docket number Amtrak a waiver from FRA’s Buy
the exemption petitions described in America policy for the use of eight
this notice. We will consider all 1 Section 4129(a) refers to the 2003 notice as a
components of Tier III high-speed rail
‘‘final rule.’’ However, the 2003 notice did not issue (HSR) trainsets.
comments received before the close of a ‘‘final rule’’ but did establish the procedures and
business on the closing date indicated standards for issuing exemptions for drivers with DATES: Written comments on FRA’s
in the date section of the notice. ITDM. determination to grant Amtrak’s Buy
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Number of
Component potential FRA findings
suppliers
Æ FRA finds that the time to design, test, and manufacture a HSR brake system
precludes this manufacturer from delivering the system in a reasonable time.
On November 20, 2014, FRA and exported in time to for use on the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
published on its Web site public notice car shell components.
of Amtrak’s waiver request. FRA Office of the Secretary
• The National Institute of Standards
received thirteen (13) online comments and Technology’s Hollings [Docket No. DOT–OST–2015–0194]
to this notice. Only one of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
commenters identified a domestic Fast Track Generic Clearance for the
(NIST–MEP) did not identify any
source for any of the Components. The Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
domestic manufacturer currently
commenter asserted that the potential Agency Service Delivery
supplier identified in the table above is producing the Components.
a major domestic brake system supplier • Amtrak conducted extensive AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST),
and is capable of providing the brake outreach with manufacturers NIST–MEP Department of Transportation (DOT).
systems. However, as described above, identified as potential future ACTION: Notice and request for
FRA has determined that brake systems manufacturers for the non-available comments.
are not domestically available for HSR components. FRA agrees with Amtrak’s
trainsets nor can the one potential assertion that even if any of the SUMMARY: In accordance with the
supplier deliver a brake system within identified manufacturers would attempt Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
a reasonable time. Of the thirteen (13) Department of Transportation’s (DOT)
to produce the Components
comments, ten (10) commenters were in Office of the Secretary (OST) announces
domestically, the Components could not
favor of granting the waiver and three its plan to submit the Information
be bought or produced in the United Collection Request (ICR) described
were against granting the waiver. States within a reasonable time.
Several of the ten (10) commenters in below to the Office of Management and
favor of granting the waiver cited safety Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 24405(a)(4), Budget (OMB) for its review and
as their reason. Many commenters also FRA is publishing notice of its decision approval and invites public comment.
asserted that granting the waiver would to grant Amtrak’s waiver request in the Executive Order 12862 directs Federal
be necessary to establish HSR in the Federal Register to provide notice of agencies to provide service to the public
United States and would lay a such finding and an opportunity for that matches or exceeds the best service
foundation for future domestic HSR public comment after which this waiver available in the private sector. In order
manufacturing. will become effective. This waiver to work continuously to ensure that our
applies only to the HSR trainset programs are effective and meet our
The three commenters opposing the
Components, including spares, for customers’ needs, the Department of
waiver argued that granting a waiver
Amtrak’s HSR trainset procurement as Transportation (DOT) seeks to obtain
will lead to more waivers and that
identified in its November 3, 2014 OMB approval of a generic clearance to
manufacturers could produce the HSR
waiver request. Moreover, excluding collect feedback on our service delivery.
trainset components in the United
States. Though domestic production of assembly of prototype trainsets, which DATES: Comments on this notice must be
the HSR trainset components for which have been addressed in a separate received by January 11, 2016.
a waiver has been requested is waiver, the trainsets must be finally ADDRESSES: Your comments should be
theoretically possible, FRA believes assembled in the United States, and all identified by Docket No. DOT–OST–
significant safety, capacity, and other components that are not described 2015–0194 and may be submitted
technology transfer problems would in this waiver must have been produced through one of the following methods:
result. Moreover, the delays to overcome in the United States or be the subject of • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
these issues would negatively impact a future waiver. www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
the schedules proposed by Amtrak. instructions for submitting comments.
Questions about this letter can be • Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
FRA believes a waiver is appropriate directed to, John Johnson, Attorney-
because the Components are not • Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Advisor, at john.johnson@dot.gov or Management Facility, U.S. Department
manufactured in the United States and
202–493–0078. of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
because domestically-produced
Components meeting the specific safety/ Sincerely, Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12–
service-proven, technical, design, and 140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
Sarah Feinberg a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
schedule needs of Amtrak cannot be
delivered within a reasonable time. FRA Administrator Friday, except on Federal holidays.
bases its determination on the All written comments will be
Sarah L. Inderbitzin, available for public inspection on
following:
Acting Chief Counsel. Regulations.gov.
• All of Amtrak’s bidders
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independently indicated in their FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Proposal that the Components, other Information Officer, Office of the
than vehicle paint, could not be sourced Secretary, U.S. Department of
domestically. As noted above, the paint Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
may be able to be manufactured Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
domestically but cannot be produced 202–366–1965 (Voice), 202–366–7870
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