What is the process for issuing domestic nonavailability waivers?
Once a waiver request is submitted, the EERE Buy American team initiates a formal consultation process with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). MEP has 59 affiliated centers nationwide with substantial knowledge of American domestic manufacturing capabilities. MEP uses its network of centers to “scout” for manufacturers and potential manufacturers of the product identified in the waiver request. EERE also contacts manufacturing trade associations and conducts independent research to determine whether a product is manufactured in the United States. EERE aims to complete this scouting process and issue a waiver determination approximately 4 weeks after receiving a waiver request.
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