[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1051.8]

[Page 135-136]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1051--PROCEDURE FOR PETITIONING FOR RULEMAKING--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  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

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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.