# 29 CFR § 1910.3: Petitions for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a standard

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## Section

- **Citation:** 29 CFR § 1910.3
- **Heading:** Petitions for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a standard
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 29—Labor > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor > CHAPTER XVII—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR > PART 1910—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS > Subpart A—General

## Text

(a) Any interested person may petition in writing the Assistant Secretary of Labor to promulgate, modify, or revoke a standard. The petition should set forth the terms or the substance of the rule desired, the effects thereof if promulgated, and the reasons therefor.
(b)(1) The relevant legislative history of the Act indicates congressional recognition of the American National Standards Institute and the National Fire Protection Association as the major sources of national consensus standards. National consensus standards adopted on May 29, 1971, pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act are from those two sources. However, any organization which deems itself a producer of national consensus standards, within the meaning of section 3(9) of the Act, is invited to submit in writing to the Assistant Secretary of Labor at any time prior to February 1, 1973, all relevant information which may enable the Assistant Secretary to determine whether any of its standards satisfy the requirements of the definition of “national consensus standard” in section 3(9) of the Act.
(2) Within a reasonable time after the receipt of a submission pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the Assistant Secretary of Labor shall publish or cause to be published in the Federal Register a notice of such submission, and shall afford interested persons a reasonable opportunity to present written data, views, or arguments with regard to the question whether any standards of the organization making the submission are national consensus standards.

## Nearby sections

- [29 CFR § 1910.1 § 1910.1 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1910.1.md)
- [29 CFR § 1910.2 § 1910.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1910.2.md)
- [29 CFR § 1910.3 § 1910.3 Petitions for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a standard.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1910.3.md)
- [29 CFR § 1910.4 § 1910.4 Amendments to this part.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1910.4.md)
- [29 CFR § 1910.5 § 1910.5 Applicability of standards.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1910.5.md)
- [29 CFR § 1910.6 § 1910.6 Incorporation by reference.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1910.6.md)
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