2015 US Code
Title 29 - Labor (Sections 1 - 3361)
Chapter 15 - Occupational Safety and Health (Sections 651 - 678)
Sec. 665 - Variations, tolerances, and exemptions from required provisions; procedure; duration

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 29 - LABOR
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 15 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Sec. 665 - Variations, tolerances, and exemptions from required provisions; procedure; duration
Containssection 665
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 91-596, §16, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1606.
Statutes at Large Reference84 Stat. 1606
Public and Private LawPublic Law 91-596

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29 U.S.C. § 665 (2015)
§665. Variations, tolerances, and exemptions from required provisions; procedure; duration

The Secretary, on the record, after notice and opportunity for a hearing may provide such reasonable limitations and may make such rules and regulations allowing reasonable variations, tolerances, and exemptions to and from any or all provisions of this chapter as he may find necessary and proper to avoid serious impairment of the national defense. Such action shall not be in effect for more than six months without notification to affected employees and an opportunity being afforded for a hearing.

(Pub. L. 91–596, §16, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1606.)

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