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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="5-320" title_number="5" title_name="Occupational Safety and Health" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Regulations">
  <text>An application for a temporary variance shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>specify the regulation or part of a regulation from which the temporary variance is sought;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>contain a representation by the employer supported by the representation of qualified individuals with personal knowledge of the facts stated in the application that the employer is unable to comply with the regulation or part;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>explain, in detail, each reason for the inability to comply;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>describe each step that the employer has taken and will take:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>to comply with the regulation or part; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>until then, to protect employees against the hazard that the regulation or part covers;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>state the date on which the employer took or will take each step listed under item (4) of this section;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>state the date on which the employer expects to be able to comply with the regulation or part;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>contain a certification that the employer has complied with § 5-321(a) of this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>state the manner in which the employer complied with § 5-321(a) of this subtitle; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>advise employees that any employee may ask the Commissioner to hold a hearing on the application.</text>
  </level>
</section>
