In Reply Refer To:
HSST-1/CC-184

July 9, 2025

Don Monin
SPIG Industry, LLC
14675 Industrial Park Road
Bristol, VA 24202

Dear Mr. Monin:

We received your initial correspondence on March 8, 2024, requesting issuance of a Federal-aid
reimbursement eligibility letter under the Federal-aid highway program for the roadside safety
system, device, design, product, or hardware (collectively “device”) described below. On June
11, 2024, we received a complete set of files needed to complete our review. We write to inform
you that the device SGET End Terminal is eligible for Federal-aid reimbursement. This letter is
assigned Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) control number CC-184.

ELIGIBILITY LETTERS
The FHWA issues Federal-aid reimbursement eligibility letters for new roadside safety devices
that are crash tested in accordance with the industry standard of the American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
(MASH).

FHWA, the Department of Transportation, and the United States (government) do not regulate
roadside safety devices, crash test facilities, or the manufacturing industry. Issuance of
eligibility letters is discretionary and provided only as a service to the states. FHWA may, at its
discretion, decline to issue, revise, or rescind an eligibility letter. Eligibility letters are only
issued by the FHWA headquarters Office of Safety.

Eligibility letters are issued only as notice to the states that a device is eligible for reimbursement
under the Federal-aid highway program. They do not establish approval or certification for any
other purpose. Issuance of an eligibility letter is not a prerequisite or requirement for state
transportation agencies seeking to use Federal-aid funds for roadside safety devices. State
agencies may use a device for which an eligibility letter has not been issued and seek Federal-aid
reimbursement.

FEDERAL-AID REIMBURSEMENT
The request for issuance of this letter certified the device was crash tested in accordance with the
industry standard of AASHTO’s MASH. This eligibility letter is based on that certification and
the material offered in support of its issuance. The device described below is eligible for
reimbursement under the Federal-aid highway program.

Name of system: SGET End Terminal
Type of system: Crash Cushions, Attenuators, & Terminals
Test Level: TL-3
Testing conducted by: Applus IDIADA KARCO Engineering, LLC
Date of request: March 8, 2024

Information about the device, including material such as the eligibility request, crash test reports,
drawings, or images are included in one or more attachment(s) to this letter.

Eligibility letter CC-184 is inapplicable to devices, optional equipment, alternate materials, or
other features that were not crash tested in accordance with AASHTO’s MASH.

This letter is issued only for the subject device as crash tested under AASHTO’s MASH. Later
modification(s) of the device are not eligible for Federal-aid reimbursement under this letter.
Notice of later modification(s) should be given to transportation agencies, facility owners, and
operators (collectively “agencies”).

Agencies should be provided appropriate information about the device’s design, installation,
maintenance, materials, and mechanical properties.

Issuance of this letter is discretionary, and it may be revised or rescinded at FHWA’s discretion.
This letter is not a determination of compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) or ownership of any intellectual property rights.

This eligibility letter is not a determination by the government that a crash involving the subject
device will result in any particular outcome. It is limited to only the device’s eligibility for
Federal-aid reimbursement.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Issuance of this eligibility letter does not convey property rights of any sort nor any exclusive
privilege. This letter is not authorization or consent by the government for the use, manufacture,
or sale of any patented or proprietary system, device, design, product, or hardware for which the
requester is not the patent owner. Eligibility letters are not an expression of any view, position,
or determination by the government as to the validity, scope, or ownership of any intellectual
property rights to a specific device. These letters do not grant, impute, suggest, or otherwise
establish any ownership, distribution, or licensing rights to the requester. The government
expresses no opinion about the intellectual property rights relating to any device for which this or
any other eligibility letter is issued.

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
To prevent any misunderstanding, and as discussed above, this Federal-aid eligibility letter is
assigned FHWA control number CC-184. It should only be reproduced in full with its
attachment(s). This Federal-aid eligibility letter and the material offered by the requester
supporting its issuance is public information. All eligibility letters and supporting material are
subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Eligibility letters are
available to the public at
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/countermeasures/reduce_crash_severity/.

If you have any questions please contact Paul LaFleur at Paul.LaFleur@dot.gov.

Sincerely,
Jessie Yung
Director, Office of Safety Technologies
Office of Safety

Enclosures