12 Pa. Code § 145.56 - Amendments to building system documentation following changes in standards
(a) Evaluation
agencies shall notify those manufacturers with whom they then have implementing
contracts under §
145.78(c)
(relating to contractual arrangements) of an amendment to a code or standard
adopted by the Department under §§
145.41 and
145.42 (relating to adoption of
standards; and alternate standards).
(b) Within 1 year from the date of adoption
by the Department of an amendment to a code or standard adopted under
§§
145.41 and
145.42, the manufacturer shall
have done one of the following:
(1) Amended
its building system documentation, if necessary, to assure compliance with the
amended codes and standards.
(2)
Obtained the approval of the applicable evaluation agency of the amendments to
its building system documentation or the determination from the applicable
evaluation agency that its building system documentation requires no
amendment.
(3) Ceased attaching
insignia of certification to industrialized housing or housing components which
have not been manufactured under the amendments to its building system
documentation if the amendments are required to assure compliance with the
amended codes and standards.
(c) Within 6 months from the date of final
publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of an amendment to a
code or standard adopted by the Department under §
145.97 (relating to amendments to
this chapter), the manufacturer shall have amended its building system
documentation, if necessary, to assure compliance with the amended codes and
standards.
(d) If the Department
determines that an earlier effective date is necessary to protect the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of this Commonwealth, the Department may
establish a shorter compliance period. The Department will publish the earlier
effective date in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at least 30 days
prior to the earlier effective date.
(e) If the Department determines that a later
effective date is necessary to prevent an unreasonable hardship on a
manufacturer in comparison with the anticipated benefits to the health, safety
or welfare of the citizens of this Commonwealth, the Department may establish a
longer compliance period. The Department will publish the later effective date
in the Pennsylvania Bulletin .
(f) Section
145.55 (relating to general
requirements for approval of amendments to building system documentation)
applies to the amendments to building system documentation required by this
section.
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