---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 19.32"
title: "27"
number: "19.32"
heading: "Experimental distilled spirits plants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/19.32"
---

# §19.32. Experimental distilled spirits plants.

- (a) **General.** The appropriate TTB officer may authorize the establishment and operation of experimental plants for specific and limited periods of time solely for experimentation in, or development of:
  - (1) Sources of materials from which spirits may be produced;
  - (2) Processes by which spirits may be produced or refined; or
  - (3) **Industrial uses of spirits.**
- (b) **Waiver.** The appropriate TTB officer may waive any provision of 26 U.S.C. chapter 51 (other than [26 U.S.C. 5312](/usc/26/5312.md)) and of this part (other than [§ 19.33](/cfr/27/19.33.md)) to the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of [26 U.S.C. 5312(b)](/usc/26/5312.md?p=b) as outlined in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section. However, TTB will not waive the payment of any tax on spirits removed from an experimental plant.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 81c, 1311; 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5002, 5004-5006, 5008, 5010, 5041, 5061, 5062, 5066, 5081, 5101, 5111-5114, 5121-5124, 5142, 5143, 5146, 5148, 5171-5173, 5175, 5176, 5178-5181, 5201-5204, 5206, 5207, 5211-5215, 5221-5223, 5231, 5232, 5235, 5236, 5241-5243, 5271, 5273, 5301, 5311-5313, 5362, 5370, 5373, 5501-5505, 5551-5555, 5559, 5561, 5562, 5601, 5612, 5682, 6001, 6065, 6109, 6302, 6311, 6676, 6806, 7011, 7510, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306.

### Source

Source: T.D. TTB-92, 76 FR 9090, Feb. 16, 2011, unless otherwise noted.