[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR554.6]

[Page 143]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 554--STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT AND DEFECTS INVESTIGATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 554.6  Opening an investigation.

    (a) A compliance or defect investigation is opened either on the 
motion of the Administrator or his delegate or on the granting of a 
petition of an interested party under part 552 of this chapter.
    (b) A manufacturer is notified immediately by telephone of any 
compliance test failure in order to enable the manufacturer to begin his 
own investigation. Notification is sent by mail at the beginning of any 
defect or noncompliance investigation.