EPA issues project-specific BABA nonavailability waiver decision memo for point-of-use reverse osmosis treatment units (City of Iuka, KS)

EPA posted an approved, project-specific nonavailability waiver under BABA for a drinking water project (City of Iuka, Kansas). The decision memo documents EPA’s determination that compliant domestic products were not available to meet project technical specifications, allowing procurement/use of non-BABA-compliant point-of-use reverse osmosis treatment units for that project only. Compliance teams supporting EPA-funded water infrastructure should track this waiver as it illustrates required waiver justification elements and reinforces that such waivers are limited in scope to the named project and timeframe stated in the decision memo.