O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 12-5-178 (2019)
Variances and exemptions
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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The director may authorize variances or exemptions from the regulations promulgated pursuant to this part under such conditions and in such manner as he deems necessary and desirable; provided, however, that such variances or exemptions shall not be permitted under conditions which are less stringent than the conditions under which variances and exemptions may be granted under the federal act.
History
Ga. L. 1977, p. 351, § 8.
Annotations
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Waterworks and Water Companies, §§ 2, 39.
C.J.S. - 94 C.J.S., Waters, §§ 631, 636 et seq. .
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1988–1988 · leading case: Bass v. Ledbetter, 363 S.E.2d 760 (Ga. 1988).
Bass v. Ledbetter, 363 S.E.2d 760 (Ga. 1988). “The lone explicit statutory restriction on the director's power is found in OCGA § 12-5-178, which limits him only as to making any variances or exemptions less stringent than the federal standard.”
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