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[CITE: 5USC608]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
             CHAPTER 6--THE ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 608. Procedure for waiver or delay of completion

    (a) An agency head may waive or delay the completion of some or all 
of the requirements of section 603 of this title by publishing in the 
Federal Register, not later than the date of publication of the final 
rule, a written finding, with reasons therefor, that the final rule is 
being promulgated in response to an emergency that makes compliance or 
timely compliance with the provisions of section 603 of this title 
impracticable.
    (b) Except as provided in section 605(b), an agency head may not 
waive the requirements of section 604 of this title. An agency head may 
delay the completion of the requirements of section 604 of this title 
for a period of not more than one hundred and eighty days after the date 
of publication in the Federal Register of a final rule by publishing in 
the Federal Register, not later than such date of publication, a written 
finding, with reasons therefor, that the final rule is being promulgated 
in response to an emergency that makes timely compliance with the 
provisions of section 604 of this title impracticable. If the agency has 
not prepared a final regulatory analysis pursuant to section 604 of this 
title within one hundred and eighty days from the date of publication of 
the final rule, such rule shall lapse and have no effect. Such rule 
shall not be repromulgated until a final regulatory flexibility analysis 
has been completed by the agency.

(Added Pub. L. 96-354, Sec. 3(a), Sept. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 1168.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 611 of this title.
