---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 294.13"
title: "36"
number: "294.13"
heading: "Petition process."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/294.13"
---

# §294.13. Petition process.

- (a) Review and consideration of petitions made pursuant to [§ 294.12](/cfr/36/294.12.md) shall be accomplished as follows:
  - (1) **Review.** The Secretary shall review petitions and may request additional information from a petitioner before deciding whether to accept the petition. If the Secretary requests additional information from a petitioner, the petition will be considered complete when the petitioner provides the additional information.
  - (2) **Disposition.** The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall respond to the petition within 180 days of receipt of a completed petition. The response shall accept or decline the petition to initiate a State-specific rulemaking.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 472, 529, 551, 1608, 1613; 23 U.S.C. 201, 205.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 25661, May 13, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 472, 529, 551, 1131, 1608, and 1613 and 23 U.S.C. 201 and 205.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 5852, Mar. 5, 1973, unless otherwise noted.