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                Safety Eligibility Letter WZ-246
  
  **Hardware Type:**
            Work Zone Devices
                          **Code:**
            WZ-246
                          **Date:**
            11/20/2006
                          **Testing Criteria:**
            NCHRP 350
                          **Manufacturer:**
            Energy Absortion Systems, Inc.
                          **Device Description:**
            RubberTough 360 Vert. Panel
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**Refer to: HSA-10/WZ-246**

Mr. Barry Stephens.  P.E. 
Sr. Vice President,  Engineering
Energy Absorption  Systems, Inc.
3617 Cincinnati Avenue
Rocklin. CA 95678
Dear Mr. Stephens:
Thank you for your  October 16 letter requesting Federal Highway  Administration (FHWA) acceptance of your company's RubberTough double vertical  panel as a crashwol1hy traffic control device for use in work zones on the  National Highway System (NHS). Accompanying your letter was the FHW A Office of  Safety Design form and test report documentation including a DVD compilation of  relevant crash tests conducted by E-Tech Testing Services, You requested that  we find this double vertical panel acceptable for use on the N"HS under the provisions of National  Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 350 "Recommended Procedures  for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features."
This letter is the  acknowledgement of the FHWA's acceptance of your request. The original  completed form has been modified by the addition of tile FHWA acceptance letter  number and the date of our review, along with minor editorial changes. The  form, of which a copy is enclosed for reference, will be posted on our website  in the near future.
Thank you for working with us as we institute  this new review and acceptance process.
Sincerely yours,

**/original signed by /**
John R. Baxter, P.E.
Director, Office of Safety Design
Office of Safety

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