16 CFR § 1051.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1051.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1051.1 - Scope."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1051.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1051"
part_name: "PROCEDURE FOR PETITIONING FOR RULEMAKING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 553(e), 5 U.S.C. 555(e)."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 57123, Dec. 28, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1051"
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# 1051.1 Scope.

(a) This part establishes procedures for the submission and disposition of petitions for the issuance, amendment or revocation of rules under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2051 *et seq.*) or other statutes administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

(b) Persons filing petitions for rulemaking shall follow as closely as possible the requirements and are encouraged to follow as closely as possible the recommendations for filing petitions under § 1051.5.

(c) Petitions regarding products regulated under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) (15 U.S.C. 1261 *et seq.*) are governed by existing Commission procedures at 16 CFR 1500.82. Petitions regarding the exemption of products regulated under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (PPPA) (15 U.S.C. 1471 *et seq.*) are governed by existing Commission procedures at 16 CFR part 1702. In addition, however, persons filing such petitions shall follow the requirements and are encouraged to follow the recommendations for filing petitions as set forth in § 1051.5.

[48 FR 57123, Dec. 28, 1983, as amended at 64 FR 48704, Sept. 8, 1999]