[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR501.1]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
           CHAPTER V--BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 501--SCOPE OF RULES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 501.1  Bureau of Prisons emergencies.

    (a) Suspension of rules during an emergency. The Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) may suspend operation of the rules in this 
chapter as necessary to handle an institutional emergency or an 
emergency affecting the Bureau. When there is an institutional emergency 
which the Director or Warden considers a threat to human life or safety, 
the Director or Warden may suspend the operation of the rules in this 
chapter as necessary to handle the emergency.
    (b) Responsibilities of the Warden-- (1) Notifying the Director. If 
the Warden suspends operation of the rules, the Warden must, within 
eight hours of the suspension, notify the Director by providing written 
documentation which:
    (i) Describes the institutional emergency that threatens human life 
or safety; and
    (ii) Sets forth reasons why suspension of the rules is necessary to 
handle the institutional emergency.

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    (2) Submitting certification to Director of continuing emergency. 30 
days after the Warden suspends operation of the rules, and every 30 days 
thereafter, the Warden must submit to the Director written certification 
that an institutional emergency threatening human life or safety and 
warranting suspension of the rules continues to exist. If the Warden 
does not submit this certification to the Director, or if the Director 
so orders at any time, the suspension of the rules will cease.

[68 FR 18545, Apr. 16, 2003]