2 CFR § 1401.615 - Are there any exceptions to those actions?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t2/s1401.615"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "2 CFR § 1401.615 - Are there any exceptions to those actions?"
title_number: 2
title_name: "Federal Financial Assistance"
section_number: "1401.615"
section_name: "Are there any exceptions to those actions?"
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "1401"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS FOR DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note, 7501; 41 U.S.C. 252a; 41 U.S.C. 701-707."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 71008, Nov. 22, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1401"
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# 1401.615 Are there any exceptions to those actions?
The Secretary of the Interior may waive with respect to a particular award, in writing, a suspension of payments under an award, suspension or termination of an award, or suspension or debarment of a recipient if the Secretary of the Interior determines that such a waiver would be in the public interest. This exception authority cannot be delegated to any other official.