39 C.F.R. § 501.14 Administrative sanction on reporting.
Title 39 - Postal Service
(a) Notwithstanding any act, admission, or omission by the Postal Service before June 30, 1995, an authorized postage meter manufacturer may be subject to an administrative sanction for failing to comply with §501.13. (b) The Postal Service shall determine all costs and revenue losses measured from the date that the manufacturer knew, or should have known, of a potential security weakness, including, but not limited to, administrative and investigative costs and documented revenue losses that result from any meter for which the manufacturer failed to comply with any provision in §501.13. The Postal Service shall recover any and all such costs and losses (net of any amount collected by the Postal Service from the licensees or meter users) with interest by issuing a written notice to the manufacturer setting forth the facts and reasons on which the determination to impose the sanction is based. The notice shall advise the manufacturer of the date that the action takes effect if a written defense is not presented within 30 calendar days of receipt of the notice. (c) The manufacturer may present the Postal Service with a written defense to the proposed action within 30 calendar days of receipt. The defense must include all supporting evidence and state with specificity the reasons for which the sanction should not be imposed. (d) After receipt and consideration of the defense, the Postal Service shall advise the manufacturer of the decision and the facts and reasons for it; the decision shall be effective on receipt unless it provides otherwise. The decision shall also advise the manufacturer that it may, within 30 calendar days of receiving written notice, appeal that determination as specified therein. (e) The manufacturer may submit a written appeal to the Postal Service within 30 calendar days of receipt of the decision. The appeal must include all supporting evidence and state with specificity the reasons that the manufacturer believes that the administrative sanction was erroneously imposed. The submission of an appeal stays the effectiveness of the sanction. (f) The imposition of an administrative sanction under this section does not preclude any other criminal or civil statutory, common law, or administrative remedy that is available by law to the Postal Service, the United States, or any other person or concern.
Title 39: Postal Service
PART 501—AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE METERS
§ 501.14 Administrative sanction on reporting.
