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Notice of Granted Buy America Waiver

Notice of dear colleague letter.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a "Dear Colleague" letter on March 30, 2001, addressing inquiries regarding its Buy America regulations that focused on the calculation of the cost of the components and subcomponents of rolling stock. In order to ensure wide dissemination of this letter, it is published below, together with further explanation in this preamble.

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