This rule below under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) provides EPA with the authority to grant a permittee temporary authorization, without prior public notice and comment, to conduct activities necessary to respond promptly to changing conditions.
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Emergency Permit (PDF)(8 pp, 528 K,
May 19, 1980)
Provides guidance to the interpretation of the emergency permit regulations.