---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1213.10"
title: "36"
number: "1213.10"
heading: "Petitions for guidance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1213.10"
---

# §1213.10. Petitions for guidance.

- (a) Any person may petition that we issue, reconsider, modify, or rescind a particular guidance document by using the procedures described here and on our guidance portal at www.archives.gov/guidance.
- (b) Submit your petition using the contact information and method noted on the guidance portal, which includes an email address or web portal for submitting electronic petitions, a mailing address for submitting hard copy petitions, and the office responsible for coordinating the request. You must submit your petition through one of these means, and the petition must:
  - (1) Describe the nature of the request and set out the text or substance of the guidance you are requesting or that you wish us to reconsider, modify, or rescind;
  - (2) Explain your interest in the action you are requesting; and
  - (3) **Contain any information and arguments you have to support the action you are seeking.**
- (c) We will review your request and make a decision whether to grant the request or deny it in whole or in part. We will provide you with a response to your request and a status update or our decision within 90 days after we receive the petition, if you provide email or mail contact information.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2104(a).

### Source

Source: 85 FR 31979, May 28, 2020, unless otherwise noted.