---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 34.500"
title: "40"
number: "34.500"
heading: "Secretary of Defense."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/34.500"
---

# §34.500. Secretary of Defense.

- (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition whenever the Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in the national interest. The Secretary shall transmit a copy of each such written exemption to Congress immediately after making such a determination.
- (b) The Department of Defense may issue supplemental regulations to implement [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 319; Pub. L. 101-121 (31 U.S.C. 1352); 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.; 20 U.S.C. 4011 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 6737, 6753, Feb. 26, 1990, unless otherwise noted.