[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 5]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR3282.156]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

 CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 

        COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 3282_MANUFACTURED HOME PROCEDURAL AND ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS

--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart D_Informal and Formal Presentations of Views, Hearings and 

                             Investigations

 

Sec.  3282.156  Petitions for investigations.



    (a) Any person may petition the Secretary in writing to open an 

investigation into whether noncompliances, defects, serious defects, or 

imminent safety hazards exist in manufactured homes. A petition shall 

include the reasons that the petitioner believes warrant an 

investigation, and it shall state any steps which have previously been 

taken to remedy the situation. The petition shall include all 

information known to the petitioner concerning the identity of 

manufactured homes which may be affected and where those manufactured 

homes were manufactured. The Secretary shall respond to petitions 

concerning alleged imminent safety hazards and serious defects within 60 

days and to petitions alleging the existence of defects or 

noncompliances within 120 days.

    (b) Any person may petition the Secretary in writing to undertake an 

investigation for the purpose of determining whether a primary 

inspection agency should be disqualified. The petition shall set out all 

facts and information on which the petition is based and a detailed 

statement of why such information justifies disqualification. The 

Secretary shall consider such petitions when making determinations on 

final acceptance and continued acceptance. The Secretary shall respond 

to such petition within 120 days.