---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 502.56"
title: "46"
number: "502.56"
heading: "Negotiated rulemaking."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/502.56"
---

# §502.56. Negotiated rulemaking.


The Commission, either upon petition of interested persons or upon its own motion, may establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to negotiate and develop consensus on a proposed rule, if, upon consideration of the criteria of [5 U.S.C. 563](/usc/5/563.md), use of such a committee is determined by the Commission to be in the public interest. [[Rule 56](/cfr/46/56.md).]


## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 38649, July 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 7808, Feb. 17, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 551, 552, 553, 556(c), 559, 561-569, 571-584; 591-596; 18 U.S.C. 207; 28 U.S.C. 2112(a); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C., 40103-40104, 40304, 40306, 40501-40503, 40701-40706, 41101-41109, 41301-41309, 44101-44106, 46105; 5 CFR part 2635.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 44369, Nov. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 38649, July 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 7808, Feb. 17, 1999]