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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 05.19.03.11" title_num="05" subtitle_num="19" chapter_num="03" heading="Programs Administration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except for waivers under §D of this regulation, any action or decision required or permitted to be taken or made by the Department under these regulations may be taken or made by the Assistant Secretary, Division of Neighborhood Revitalization, or the Assistant Secretary's designee.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department may terminate a grant or refuse to make additional disbursements under a grant agreement if it finds that the grantee is not complying with any of the requirements of a Program or the grant agreement.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Department may establish from time to time operational handbooks or manuals governing matters relating to the Programs, including descriptive statements of Programs’ procedures which do not directly affect the rights of the public or the procedures available to the public.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Secretary may waive or vary particular provisions of these regulations if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The waiver or variance is not inconsistent with the authorizing provisions of the Act or the Real Property Act;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In the written determination of the Secretary, the application of the regulations in a specific case or in an emergency situation would be inequitable or contrary to the purposes of the Act or the Real Property Act; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Office of the Attorney General approves the waiver for form and legal sufficiency.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>