---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1051.8"
title: "16"
number: "1051.8"
heading: "Public hearings on petitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1051.8"
---

# §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 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](/cfr/16/part1052.md).

## Notes

### 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.