10 CFR § 140.8 - Specific exemptions.

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title: "10 CFR § 140.8 - Specific exemptions."
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# 140.8 Specific exemptions.

The Commission may, upon application of any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of the regulations in this part as it determines are authorized by law and are otherwise in the public interest.

[34 FR 19546, Dec. 11, 1969]