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US FOUNDRY PAINTING & NO PAINT POLICY I U.S. Foundry gray iron castings are provided unpainted as a standard. The painting of construction castings only serves to enhance the initial cosmetic appearance, sometimes even hiding defects, and does not add appreciable protection to the long-term performance of the product. By nature, grey iron castings are highly resistant to corrosion caused by most environmental elements, without the need for additional treatment. AASHTO specifications for construction castings specifically call for unpainted castings. This policy is for cast iron products only, and will not affect other products such as steel grating or steel access doors. In addition, U.S. Foundry does have the ability to paint castings for specific applications, upon request. BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS By law, American-made iron and steel foundry products must be used in all federal transportation projects and state and local government projects that use federal transportation dollars. Products covered by the law include manhole frames and covers, catch basin frames and grates, iron and steel inlet grating, and various miscellaneous iron products. The Buy American provision of the law, known as the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, explicitly requires that iron castings manufactured in U.S. foundries be used for federal transportation infrastructure projects. Such a provision first appeared in the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982. Then, however, the law required that only U.S.-made "steel and manufactured products" could be used in transportation projects funded by the federal government. With the passage of the 1991 legislation, Congress clarified the 1982 legislation by specifically stating that iron products are covered by the Buy American provision. The Department of Transportation Buy American provision now reads U.S.-made "steel, iron and manufactured products" CHOOSING AN APPLICATION All data in this catalog is presented to assist the users in their selection of products for their particular application. U.S. Foundry does not recommend or specify any product for particular uses or applications. The choice of a product for a specific use such as bicycle, pedestrian, wheelchair, etc. is solely at the discretion of the specifier. 1-800-432-9709 SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT U.S. Foundry is dedicated to maintaining an eco -friendly manufacturing facility and embraces the concepts of sustainability. The steel and iron used in our casting are 100% recycled material. Furthermore, our foundry is licensed by the State of Florida as recycler for special waste, enabling us to safely process material that would otherwise be sent to a landfill. We are proactive in our approach to sustainability. Not only are we using recycled material to make our products, we are reusing four major waste streams that are created by our manufacturing process. When our foundry sand is no longer fit for making castings, it is delivered to outside industries for beneficial reuse. We reuse our blow down water from our cooling towers to lower the temperature of our cupola exhaust. This eliminates the need for more water and the need to dispose of the blow down water in a sewer. We sell our waste oil to companies that refine it back into motor oil. Finally the slag we create in the melting process is reused by the cement industry as a raw material. The successful and beneficial reuse of these four streams has allowed US Foundry to reduce its manufacturing waste streams by over 90%. We gladly support the LEED programs by furnishing documentation required for a LEED certification. US Foundry uses 100% ferrous scrap to make its product, therefore the recycled content is 100%. The post -consumer recycled content is 95%, while the preconsumer recycled content is 5%. We manufacture all of our municipal casting in Miami, Florida. We are proud of our clean plant, and we work hard to keep our commitments, to our employees, our community, our customers, and to the environment. CROSS REFERENCE CHARTS We have included cross-reference charts on State Department of Transportation standard items for a large number of states. These are shown on pages CR -1 thru CR -7. For more information on these or any other standards, please contact your sales or customer service representative. GENERAL INFORMATION 5