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an increase in the number of companies 

that produce solar PV modules in the 

United States containing domesticallymanufactured cells. 

This amended public interest waiver 

determination also resolves questions 

regarding the applicability of the Buy 

American provisions to numerous 

individual manufactured goods that are 

incidental in cost and technological 

significance but are ultimately 

incorporated into the final solar 

installation. These items, including, but 

not limited to, charge controllers, 

combiners and disconnect boxes, 

breakers and fuses, racks, trackers, lugs, 

wires, and cables—but excluding 

inverters and batteries—are generally 

low-cost incidental items that are 

incorporated into the installation of PV 

modules and arrays on public buildings 

and public works. This public interest 

waiver for all incidental and ancillary 

items eliminates potential questions and 

ambiguities concerning whether the 

incidental items are final manufactured 

goods or merely components of a larger 

solar module, installation or array. 

Issuance of this nationwide public 

interest waiver recognizes EERE’s 

commitment to expeditious costing of 

Recovery Act dollars by enabling 

recipients to easily ascertain whether a 

given solar installation complies with 

the Buy American provision. 

Simultaneously, this waiver advances 

the purpose and the principles of the 

Buy American provision by focusing on 

the highest-value and most laborintensive pieces of solar PV equipment. 

In light of the foregoing, and under 

the authority of section 1605(b)(1) of 

Public Law 111–5 and Redelegation 

Order 00–002–01C, dated November 10, 

2009, with respect to Recovery Act 

projects funded by EERE, the Assistant 

Secretary hereby issues an amended 

‘‘determination of inapplicability’’ (a 

waiver under the Recovery Act Buy 

American provisions) for the following 

items: (1) Domestically-manufactured 

modules containing foreignmanufactured cells, (2) foreignmanufactured modules, when 

completely comprised of domesticallymanufactured cells, and (3) any 

ancillary items and equipment 

(including, but not limited to, charge 

controllers, combiners and disconnect 

boxes, breakers and fuses, racks, 

trackers, lugs, wires, cables and all 

otherwise incidental equipment with 

the exception of inverters and batteries) 

when utilized in a solar installation 

involving a U.S. manufactured PV 

module, or a module manufactured 

abroad but comprised exclusively of 

domestically-manufactured cells. This 

waiver expires February 6, 2011 (six 

months from the date of the original 

waiver issuance). Recipients of EERE 

Recovery Act funds who have taken 

substantial steps to commit funds for 

the purchase of the items covered in this 

waiver by February 6, 2011 will not be 

impacted by the expiration of this 

waiver. Furthermore, the Assistant 

Secretary reserves the right to revisit 

and amend this determination based on 

new information or new developments. 

Authority: Public Law 111–5, section 1605. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

30, 2010. 

Cathy Zoi, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD09–9–000] 

Small Hydropower Development in the 

United States; Notice of Small/LowImpact Hydropower Webinar 

October 13, 2010. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission will host a Small/LowImpact Hydropower Webinar on 

November 10, 2010, from 12 noon to 1 

p.m. Eastern Time. The webinar will be 

open to the public and advance 

registration is required. 

The purpose of this webinar is to 

introduce the new Small/Low-Impact 

Hydropower Program website and walk 

participants through all phases of the 

licensing and exemption processes 

using the Web site. Specifically, the 

webinar will provide the opportunity 

for participants to learn about the small 

hydropower licensing process, find out 

how to get more information and 

assistance from FERC, and ask 

questions. 

To register for this webinar, please go 

to https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/ 

registration/hydro-form-11-10-10.asp. 

Space is limited to the first 98 

reservations. Once registered, you will 

receive a confirmation e-mail containing 

information about joining the webinar a 

few days prior to the start of the 

webinar. 

For more information about this 

webinar, please contact Shana Murray at 

(202) 502–8333 or 

shana.murray@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26479 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Nationwide Categorical Waivers Under 

Section 1605 (Buy American) of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of limited waivers. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is hereby granting a 

nationwide limited waiver of the Buy 

American requirements of section 1605 

of the Recovery Act under the authority 

of Section 1605(b)(2) (iron, steel, and 

the relevant manufactured goods are not 

produced in the United States in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities and of a satisfactory quality) 

with respect to: (1) Motorized automatic 

two wing revolving doors that open via 

the motor upon a fire alarm to 

accommodate smoke evacuation, retract 

to full open position under Fire Alarm 

status and remain in the open position 

until the alarm is cleared, are compliant 

with the Americans with Disabilities 

Act, and possess both sliding and 

swinging door that allows entry/exit 

through the sliding doors while the 

revolving section is being serviced; (2) 

self-contained photovoltaic LED area 

lighting systems with a non-corrosive, 

stainless steel, powder-coated antiweathering shell, that do not succumb 

to the sail effect, possess flat plate lens 

optics with directional lamp lens, dark 

sky capability, and full cutoff 

conformity; (3) ultrasonic directional 

sensors and DC300 facility controllers 

for a parking guidance system which 

integrates with American designed 

intelligent parking guidance system 

software allowing real-time updates to a 

central location and via the Internet; (4) 

load Management Ripple Control 

Receivers for an existing load 

management system; and (5) LED tube 

lights to replace T8 fluorescents that 

meet the April 2010 DOE recommended 

performance specifications that will be 

used on eligible EERE-Recovery Act 

funded projects. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 30, 

2010. 


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