---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 501.141"
title: "10"
number: "501.141"
heading: "Criteria for issuance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/501.141"
---

# §501.141. Criteria for issuance.

- (a) The General Counsel may issue a ruling whenever:
  - (1) There has been a substantial number of inquiries with regard to similar factual situations or a particular section of the regulations; or
  - (2) It is determined that a ruling will be of assistance to the public in applying the regulations to a specific situation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.; E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 59889, Dec. 7, 1981, unless otherwise noted.