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The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) presented the draft rule’s initial regulatory framework at the  meeting. 

The committee, which advises the agency on safety and health standards and policy matters, unanimously recommended OSHA move forward expeditiously on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. As part of the rulemaking process, the agency will seek and consider input from a wide range of stakeholders and the public as it proposes and finalizes its rule.

In the interim, during the rulemaking process, OSHA will continue its outreach efforts to inform employers and workers of their obligations under existing statutes. 

OSHA will also continue to conduct heat-related inspections under its , where workplaces with the highest exposures to heat-related hazards are inspected proactively to prevent workers from suffering injury, illness, or death needlessly. 

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