---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 C.F.R. § 1532.137"
title: "2"
number: "1532.137"
heading: "Who in the EPA may grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/2/1532.137"
---

# §1532.137. Who in the EPA may grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?


The EPA Debarring Official has the authority to grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction, as provided in the OMB guidance at [2 CFR 180.135](/cfr/2/180.135.md). If the EPA Debarring Official grants an exception, the exception must be in writing and state the reason(s) for deviating from the governmentwide policy in Executive Order 12549.


## 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.