(a) A manufacturer, regardless of whether its
building system documentation and related compliance assurance program have
been approved under this chapter, may request that the Department issue to it
insignia of certification for attachment to industrialized housing, housing
components, industrialized buildings or building components which have been or
will be certified by a competent state authority with respect to which the
Department has made the requisite findings required under §
145.102 (relating to
determinations of acceptability of certifications of a competent state
authority). In addition to meeting all of the requirements of §
145.63 (relating to procedures for
requesting, controlling and attaching insignia of certification), the
manufacturer's request must contain the following additional information:
(1) A list of the building system
documentation which was approved by the competent state authority for the
industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
building components to which the insignia of certification are to be
attached.
(2) Evidence that
building system documentation and related compliance assurance program or
compliance control program, as the case may be, was approved under the policies
and procedures of the competent state authority as conforming to the standards
with respect to which the Department's determination of substantial equivalency
was made.
(3) The name and address
of an inspection agency, approved by the Department, which will participate in
the compliance assurance program and authorize the attachment of the insignia
of certification to the industrialized housing, housing components,
industrialized buildings or building components to be sold, leased or installed
for use on a site in this Commonwealth.
(b) If the competent state authority uses its
own personnel for monitoring a manufacturer's compliance control program and
inspecting industrialized housing or housing components, the manufacturer
seeking the issuance of insignia of certification under subsection (a) may
eliminate the requirement of subsection (a)(3) for utilizing an inspection
agency to monitor its compliance control program and authorize the attachment
of insignia of certification, provided that the Department and the competent
state authority have entered into an agreement under which the competent state
authority will institute procedures, acceptable to the Department, for
authorizing the attachment of the insignia of certification for industrialized
housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or building components
intended for sale, lease or installation for use on sites in this Commonwealth.
The Department will enter into an agreement only if it determines that the
procedures for controlling the use of the insignia of certification contain
adequate safeguards and that the competent state authority has the satisfactory
organization and personnel to discharge its obligations under the agreement and
will not charge the approval or reapproval fees as outlined in § 145.94(a)
and (b) (relating to fees).
