[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2, Parts 100 to 185]
[Revised as of October 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR107.405]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION

PART 107--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

      Subpart E--Designation of Approval and Certification Agencies

Sec. 107.405  Termination of designation.

    (a) Any designation issued under Sec. 107.403 of this subchapter may 
be suspended or terminated if the Associate

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Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety determines that:

    (1) The application for designation contained a misrepresentation, 
or the applicant willfully concealed a material fact.

    (2) The approval agency failed to comply with a term or condition 
stated in the agency's letter of designation.

    (3) The Competent Authority of an approval agency of a country 
outside the United States has failed to initiate, maintain or recognize 
a qualified U.S. approval agency.

    (b) Before a designation is suspended or terminated, the Associate 
Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety shall give to the approval 
agency:

    (1) Written notice of the facts or conduct believed to warrant 
suspension or termination of the designation.

    (2) Sixty days in which to show in writing why the designation 
should not be suspended or terminated.

[Amdt. 107-13, 50 FR 10062, Mar. 13, 1985, as amended by Amdt. 107-23, 
56 FR 66157, Dec. 20, 1991]