[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1926.2]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1926_SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 1926.2  Variances from safety and health standards.

    (a) Variances from standards which are, or may be, published in this 
part may be granted under the same circumstances whereunder variances 
may be granted under section 6(b)(A) or 6(d) of the Williams-Steiger 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 65). The 
procedures for the granting of variances and for related relief under 
this part are those published in part 1905 of this title.
    (b) Any requests for variances under this section shall also be 
considered requests for variances under the Williams-Steiger 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and any requests for 
variances under Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act with 
respect to construction safety or health standards shall be considered 
to be also variances under the Construction Safety Act. Any variance 
from a construction safety or health standard which is contained in this 
part and which is incorporated by reference in part 1910 of this title 
shall be deemed a variance from the standard under both the Construction 
Safety Act and the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970.