[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 20]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR177.130]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 177--ISSUANCE OF FOOD ADDITIVE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart G--Administrative Actions
 
Sec. 177.130  Issuance of proposed rule on Administrator's initiative or in response to petition, and final action on proposal.

    (a) The Administrator may publish in the Federal Register a proposal 
to establish a food additive regulation or to modify or revoke an 
existing food additive regulation, on his or her own initiative or in 
response to a petition.
    (b) The Administrator shall provide a period of not less than 30 
days for persons to comment on the proposed regulation.
    (c) After reviewing any timely comments made, the Administrator may 
by order establish, modify, or revoke a food additive regulation, or may 
by order decide that no final action on the proposal is warranted. Each 
such order and each such regulation shall be published in the Federal 
Register. An order published under this section shall state that 
objections and requests for a hearing may be filed as prescribed by part 
178 of this chapter.