---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1920.2"
title: "29"
number: "1920.2"
heading: "Variances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1920.2"
---

# §1920.2. Variances.

- (a) Variances from standards in parts [1915](/cfr/29/part1915.md) through [1918](/cfr/29/part1918.md) of this chapter may be granted in the same circumstances in which variances may be granted under [sections 6(b)](/cfr/29/6.md?p=b) (6)(A) or 6(d) of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ([29 U.S.C. 655](/usc/29/655.md)). The procedures for the granting of variances from [Parts 1915-1918](/cfr/29/part1915-1918.md) of this chapter are those published in [Part 1905](/cfr/29/part1905.md) of this chapter.
- (b) Any requests for variances shall also be considered requests for variances under the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and any variance from [§§ 1910.13 through 1910.16](/cfr/29/1910.13..1910.16.md) of this chapter which adopt [parts 1915-1918](/cfr/29/part1915-1918.md) of this chapter, shall be deemed a variance from the standard under both the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

## Notes

### Amendments

[37 FR 10800, May 31, 1972]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 41, Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941); sec. 6, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655).

### Amendments

[37 FR 10800, May 31, 1972]