---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 11.71"
title: "14"
number: "11.71"
heading: "What information must I include in my petition for rulemaking?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/11.71"
---

# §11.71. What information must I include in my petition for rulemaking?

- (a) You must include the following information in your petition for rulemaking:
  - (1) Your name and mailing address and, if you wish, other contact information such as a fax number, telephone number, or e-mail address.
  - (2) **An explanation of your proposed action and its purpose.**
  - (3) The language you propose for a new or amended rule, or the language you would remove from a current rule.
  - (4) **An explanation of why your proposed action would be in the public interest.**
  - (5) Information and arguments that support your proposed action, including relevant technical and scientific data available to you.
  - (6) **Any specific facts or circumstances that support or demonstrate the need for the action you propose.**
- (b) In the process of considering your petition, we may ask that you provide information or data available to you 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 regulatory burden of your proposed action on small businesses, small organizations, small governmental jurisdictions, and Indian tribes.
  - (3) **The recordkeeping and reporting burdens of your proposed action and whom the burdens would affect.**
  - (4) **The effect of your proposed action on the quality of the natural and social environments.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40103, 40105, 40109, 40113, 44110, 44502, 44701-44702, 44711, 46102, and 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-1999-6622, 65 FR 50863, Aug. 21, 2000, unless otherwise noted.