Summary

On March 31, 2014, the Federal Highway Administration suspended and proposed debarment of Paul Hunt Rose, general manager of Hercules Customs Iron, in Walkersville, Maryland, for altering a steel certification document.  

Rose admitted he altered the certification to state that foreign steel used on the federally-funded Intercounty Connector (ICC) Project in Maryland was manufactured in the U.S. when it was not. Rose took a legitimate certification document, and using his home computer changed information so it would appear that the appropriate type of American-made steel was used on the project. After making these changes, Rose gave the fraudulent certification to Hercules Fence of Maryland, LLC, a subcontractor on the ICC Project.