16 CFR § 1051.8 - Public hearings on petitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1051.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1051.8 - Public hearings on petitions."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1051.8"
section_name: "Public hearings on petitions."
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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# 1051.8 Public hearings on petitions.
(a) The Commission may hold a public hearing or may conduct such investigation or proceeding, including a public meeting, as it deems appropriate to determine whether a petition should be granted.
(b) If the Commission decides that a public hearing on a petition, or any portion thereof, would contribute to its determination of whether to grant or deny the petition, it shall publish in the *Federal Register* a notice of a hearing on the petition and invite interested persons to submit their views through an oral or written presentation or both. The hearings shall be informal, nonadversary, legislative-type proceedings in accordance with 16 CFR part 1052.