part_subject: "NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTATION"
subpart_code: "F"
subpart_subject: "Exemptions Issued by the Administrator"
section_number: "142.52"
section_subject: "Consideration of an exemption request."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 142.52"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 136 to 149"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)The Administrator shall act on any exemption request submitted pursuant to § 142.51 within 90 days of receipt of the request.
(b)In his consideration of whether the public water system is unable to comply due to compelling factors, the Administrator shall consider such factors as the following:
(1)Construction, installation, or modification of the treatment equipment or systems.
(2)The time needed to put into operation a new treatment facility to replace an existing system which is not in compliance.