Fluffy Toy Company manufactures toy animals suitable for children from ages two to ten. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal administrative agency, has received an increasing number of complaints that children are chewing on the firm plastic parts of stuffed toys and that the pieces of plastic are injuring the mouths of the children. The commission is considering a rule that would prohibit the sale of soft toys containing any hard plastic parts. Fluffy Toy Company is quite concerned about such a regulation because most of their animal toys contain noses and eyes made from hard plastic. Fluffy Toy Company is a member of the Toy Manufacturing Association.

1. What avenues are open to Fluffy Toy Company to stop the proposed rule from becoming a regulation?