29 CFR § 1982.115 - Special circumstances; waiver of rules.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1982.115"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1982.115 - Special circumstances; waiver of rules."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1982.115"
section_name: "Special circumstances; waiver of rules."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1982"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF RETALIATION COMPLAINTS UNDER THE NATIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEMS SECURITY ACT AND THE FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "6 U.S.C. 1142 and 49 U.S.C. 20109; Secretary of Labor's Order 01-2012 (Jan. 18, 2012), 77 FR 3912 (Jan. 25, 2012); Secretary's Order No. 01-2020, 85 FR 13186 (March 6, 2020)."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 69132, Nov. 9, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1982"
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# 1982.115 Special circumstances; waiver of rules.

In special circumstances not contemplated by the provisions of these rules, or for good cause shown, the ALJ or the ARB on review may, upon application, after three-days notice to all parties, waive any rule or issue such orders that justice or the administration of NTSSA or FRSA requires.