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State

North Carolina

Specification	HMA	PCC
Testing Device	Inertial Profiler or Hearne Straightedge	Inertial Profiler
Smoothness Index	MRI	MRI
Blanking Band	N/A	N/A
Incentive/Disincentive	Both	Both
Localized Roughness Provision	Yes	Yes
Files	NC_HMA_2_2.pdf	NC_PCC_2_1.pdf

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