{"data":{"id":"us/16-cfr-1051.8","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 CFR 1051.8","heading":"Public hearings on petitions.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 16—Commercial Practices","CHAPTER II—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1051—PROCEDURE FOR PETITIONING FOR RULEMAKING"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-16.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:29Z","sha256":"236267d8ccb59a7baffd2e157eb07cb405d6bc60000f4cafdcfacc8be097598a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/16-cfr-1051.7","next":"us/16-cfr-1051.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}