[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR106.100]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 106_RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Participating in the Rulemaking Process
 
Sec.  106.100  Required information for a petition for rulemaking.

    (a) You must include the following information in your petition for 
rulemaking:
    (1) A summary of your proposed action and an explanation of its 
purpose.
    (2) The language you propose for a new or amended rule, or the 
language you would delete from a current rule.
    (3) An explanation of your interest in your proposed action and the 
interest of anyone you may represent.
    (4) Information and arguments that support your proposed action, 
including relevant technical and scientific data available to you.
    (5) Any specific cases that support or demonstrate the need for your 
proposed action.
    (b) If the impact of your proposed action is substantial, and data 
or other information about that impact are available to you, we may ask 
that you provide information about the following:
    (1) The costs and benefits of your proposed action to society in 
general, and identifiable groups within society in particular.
    (2) The direct effects, including preemption effects under section 
5125 of Federal hazardous materials transportation law, of your proposed 
action on States, on the relationship between the Federal government and 
the States, and on the distribution of power and responsibilities among 
the various levels of government. (See 49 CFR part 107, subpart C, 
regarding preemption.)
    (3) The regulatory burden of your proposed action on small 
businesses, small organizations, small governmental jurisdictions, and 
Indian tribes.
    (4) The recordkeeping and reporting burdens of your proposed action 
and whom they would affect.
    (5) The effect of your proposed action on the quality of the natural 
and social environments.