diff --git a/src/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/gmm/NgaEastUsgs_2017.java b/src/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/gmm/NgaEastUsgs_2017.java
index 6cefc0533acc62eb504160d6ff0e81799e74cd3b..14e84a1e152d3141a1416686371af19a9661d8b8 100644
--- a/src/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/gmm/NgaEastUsgs_2017.java
+++ b/src/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/gmm/NgaEastUsgs_2017.java
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ public abstract class NgaEastUsgs_2017 implements GroundMotionModel {
       }
     }
 
-    private SiteAmp(Imt imt) {
+    SiteAmp(Imt imt) {
       c = new Coefficients(imt, COEFFS);
     }