---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 178.20"
title: "40"
number: "178.20"
heading: "Right to submit objections and requests for a hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/178.20"
---

# §178.20. Right to submit objections and requests for a hearing.

- (a) On or before the 60th day after the date of publication in the Federal Register of an order under [part 180](/cfr/40/part180.md) of this chapter establishing, modifying, or revoking a regulation, or denying all or any portion of a petition, a person adversely affected by such order or petition denial may submit, in accordance with [§ 178.25](/cfr/40/178.25.md), one or more written objections to the order (or to the action that is the subject of the order).
- (b) A person may include with any such objection a written request for an evidentiary hearing on such objection in accordance with [§ 178.27](/cfr/40/178.27.md)
- (c) **A person who submits objections need not request a hearing.** For instance, if the person's objections are of a purely legal or policy nature, a hearing request would be inappropriate; the purpose of an evidentiary hearing is to resolve factual disputes. The Administrator will rule on the objections, whether or not a hearing is requested.
- (d) As a matter of discretion, the Administrator may order a hearing on an objection even though no person has requested a hearing.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 50291, Dec. 5, 1990, as amended at 70 FR 33359, June 8, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a, 371(a); Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 50291, Dec. 5, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 50291, Dec. 5, 1990, as amended at 70 FR 33359, June 8, 2005]