---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 C.F.R. § 1532.1140"
title: "2"
number: "1532.1140"
heading: "Can an exception be made to allow me to receive an award even though I may be disqualified?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/2/1532.1140"
---

# §1532.1140. Can an exception be made to allow me to receive an award even though I may be disqualified?

- (a) After consulting with the EPA debarring official, the head of any Federal department or agency (or designee) may exempt any particular award or a class of awards with that department or agency from CAA or CWA disqualification. In the event an exemption is granted, the exemption must:
  - (1) Be in writing; and
  - (2) **State why the exemption is in the paramount interests of the United States.**
- (b) In the event an exemption is granted, the exempting department or agency must send a copy of the exemption decision to the EPA debarring official for inclusion in the official record.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); E.O. 11738 (3 CFR, 1973 Comp., p. 799); E.O. 12549 (3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189); E.O. 12689 (3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235).

### Source

Source: 72 FR 2422, Jan. 19, 2007, unless otherwise noted.