---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1051.1"
title: "16"
number: "1051.1"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1051.1"
---

# §1051.1. Scope.

- (a) This part establishes procedures for the submission and disposition of petitions for the issuance, amendment or revocation of rules under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) ([15 U.S.C. 2051](/usc/15/2051.md) et seq.) or other statutes administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- (b) Persons filing petitions for rulemaking shall follow as closely as possible the requirements and are encouraged to follow as closely as possible the recommendations for filing petitions under [§ 1051.5](/cfr/16/1051.5.md).
- (c) Petitions regarding products regulated under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) ([15 U.S.C. 1261](/usc/15/1261.md) et seq.) are governed by existing Commission procedures at [16 CFR 1500.82](/cfr/16/1500.82.md). Petitions regarding the exemption of products regulated under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (PPPA) ([15 U.S.C. 1471](/usc/15/1471.md) et seq.) are governed by existing Commission procedures at [16 CFR part 1702](/cfr/16/part1702.md). In addition, however, persons filing such petitions shall follow the requirements and are encouraged to follow the recommendations for filing petitions as set forth in [§ 1051.5](/cfr/16/1051.5.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 57123, Dec. 28, 1983, as amended at 64 FR 48704, Sept. 8, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553(e), 5 U.S.C. 555(e).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 57123, Dec. 28, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 57123, Dec. 28, 1983, as amended at 64 FR 48704, Sept. 8, 1999]