---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 106.55"
title: "49"
number: "106.55"
heading: "Public participation in the rulemaking process."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/106.55"
---

# §106.55. Public participation in the rulemaking process.


You may participate in PHMSA's rulemaking process by doing any of the following:

- (a) File written comments on any rulemaking document that asks for comments, including an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, notice of proposed rulemaking, interim final rule, or direct final rule.
- (b) Ask that we hold a public meeting in any rulemaking proceeding and participate in any public meeting that we hold.
- (c) **File a petition for rulemaking that asks us to add, amend, or delete a regulation.**
- (d) File an appeal that asks us to reexamine our decision to issue all or part of a final rule, interim final rule, or direct final rule.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 42954, June 25, 2002, unless otherwise noted.