Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§2621 National defense waiver
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - CONTROL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES › § 2621
Summary
The Administrator must waive any rule when the President asks and finds it is needed for national defense. The Administrator must keep a written record, let a court see it in relevant cases, and publish notice in the Federal Register unless the President asks to withhold it, and if withheld must notify Congress's Armed Services Committees.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §2621
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The Administrator shall waive compliance with any provision of this chapter upon a request and determination by the President that the requested waiver is necessary in the interest of national defense. The Administrator shall maintain a written record of the basis upon which such waiver was granted and make such record available for in camera examination when relevant in a judicial proceeding under this chapter. Upon the issuance of such a waiver, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register a notice that the waiver was granted for national defense purposes, unless, upon the request of the President, the Administrator determines to omit such publication because the publication itself would be contrary to the interests of national defense, in which event the Administrator shall submit notice thereof to the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 1, 1977, see section 31 of Pub. L. 94–469, set out as a note under section 2601 of this title.
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 2621
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73