(a) The Administrator bases his final decision on the completed investigative file and on information, views, and arguments submitted at the public meeting.

Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

(b) If the Administrator decides that a failure to comply or a safety-related defect exists, he orders the manufacturer to furnish the notification specified in 49 U.S.C. § 30118 and 30119 and to remedy the defect or failure to comply.

(c) If the Administrator closes an investigation following an initial determination, without making a final determination that a failure to comply or a safety-related defect exists, he or she will so notify the manufacturer and publish a notice of that closing in the Federal Register.

(d) A statement of the Administrator’s final decision and the reasons for it appears in each completed public file.

[60 FR 17268, Apr. 5, 1995]