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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="5-326" title_number="5" title_name="Occupational Safety and Health" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Regulations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless an order for a temporary variance from a regulation or part of a regulation is renewed as provided in this section, the order may not be in effect for longer than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 year after the order is passed; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if shorter, the period that the employer needs to achieve compliance with the regulation or part.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the limitations in this subsection, the Commissioner may renew an order for a temporary variance twice.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner may renew an order under this subsection only if the employer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>submits an application for renewal to the Commissioner at least 90 days before the date on which the order is to expire; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>meets the requirements of this subtitle for granting a temporary variance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A renewal under this subsection may not remain in effect for more than 180 days.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
