---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 392.4"
title: "9"
number: "392.4"
heading: "Supporting documentation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/392.4"
---

# §392.4. Supporting documentation.

- (a) Information referred to or relied on in support of a petition should be included in full and should not be incorporated by reference. A copy of any article or other source cited in a petition should be submitted with the petition.
- (b) Sources of information that are appropriate to use in support of a petition include, but are not limited to:
  - (1) professional journal articles,
  - (2) research reports,
  - (3) official government statistics,
  - (4) official government reports,
  - (5) industry data, and
  - (6) scientific textbooks.
- (c) If an original research report is used to support a petition, the information should be presented in a form that would be acceptable for publication in a peer reviewed scientific or technical journal.
- (d) If quantitative data are used to support a petition, the presentation of the data should include a complete statistical analysis using conventional statistical methods.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553(e), 7 CFR 1.28.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 16107, Apr. 9, 2009, unless otherwise noted.