29 CFR § 1989.115 - Special circumstances; waiver of rules.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1989.115"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1989.115 - Special circumstances; waiver of rules."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1989.115"
section_name: "Special circumstances; waiver of rules."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1989"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF RETALIATION COMPLAINTS UNDER THE TAXPAYER FIRST ACT (TFA)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 7623(d); Secretary of Labor's Order 08-2020 (May 15, 2020), 85 FR 58393 (September 18, 2020); Secretary of Labor's Order 01-2020 (Feb. 21, 2020), 85 FR 13024-01 (Mar. 6, 2020)."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 12583, Mar. 7, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1989"
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# 1989.115 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, and after three days' notice to all parties, waive any rule or issue such orders that justice or the administration of TFA requires.