44 C.F.R. § 17.625 Exception provision.
Title 44 - Emergency Management and Assistance
The agency head may waive with respect to a particular grant, in writing, a suspension of payments under a grant, suspension or termination of a grant, or suspension or debarment of a grantee if the agency head determines that such a waiver would be in the public interest. This exception authority cannot be delegated to any other official.
Title 44: Emergency Management and Assistance
PART 17—GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT) AND GOVERNMENTWIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE (GRANTS)
Subpart F—Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (Grants)
§ 17.625 Exception provision.

