Section 001-384-2 - STATE SEALER'S DETERMINATION OF TYPE OF COMPLAINT AND OF RESPONDENTUpon receipt of a complaint, the State Sealer shall determine whether the complaint is for disputed wood, or whether it is a general complaint.
A.Disputed wood complaints. Whenever the alleged violation is that specific wood was inaccurately measured, the complaint is for disputed wood.B.General complaints. Any complaint which alleges any other type of violation is a general complaint. Examples of general complaints are:1. Conversion from weight scale to another system of measurement for purposes of computing payment or price;2. Use of an unauthorized system of measurement or improper use of an authorized system;3. The taking of deductions for scaling defects where payment is made for services;4. Refusal to measure wood that was designated to be harvested and yarded and was prepared as directed;5. Failure to promptly furnish a measurement tally sheet, or6. Non-compliance with licensing requirements.C.Complaints alleging more than one violation. Whenever a complainant alleges more than one violation, the State Sealer shall separately consider and handle each of the alleged violations.D.Determination of respondent to the complaint1. In addition to the other party to the transaction, the State Sealer, based on the nature of the complaint, may name as a respondent any other party or person who may have participated in the alleged violation.2. Following the investigation, the State Sealer, based on the information obtained during the course of the investigation, may name additional respondents.01-001 C.M.R. ch. 384, § 2