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By Eric Conn<\/a>, Mark Trapp<\/a>, and Darius Rohani-Shukla<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We have an important update to share about the status and now more clear outcome of OSHA\u2019s rulemaking for a Worker Walkaround Designation Process Rule<\/a>.\u00a0 Yesterday, OMB updated the entry on its website about the Worker Walkaround Rulemaking<\/a> to reflect that OMB\/OIRA has concluded its regulatory review under EO 12866, cancelling the remaining stakeholder meetings that had been scheduled.\u00a0 In total, OMB hosted sixteen EO 12866 stakeholder meetings.\u00a0 The entry reflecting the EO 12866 meeting with Conn Maciel Carey’s Rulemaking Coalition\u2019s is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As you can see below, OMB has updated its entry for this rulemaking to reflect: \u201cOIRA Conclusion of EO 12866 Review.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Omb<\/a><\/p>\n

What we can also see from this entry is that OMB has, unfortunately, NOT adjusted its preliminary conclusion about the significance (or in its view \u2013 lack thereof) of the proposed rule.\u00a0 The OIRA website indicates that it at this conclusion to the regulatory review, OMB still has determined that the proposed rule is neither \u201cSection 3(f)(1) Significant\u201d nor \u201cEconomically Significant.\u201d \u00a0There is not a separate category listing whether the proposal implicates EO 12866 Section 3(f)(4)<\/u><\/strong> for proposed rules that raise novel legal or policy issues, but there is nothing in the entry to indicate OMB reached that conclusion.\u00a0 This is unfortunate, but not unexpected.<\/p>\n

Having now cleared the EO 12866 regulatory review, there is nothing left in the way of the Worker Walkaround Rule being issued, and we expect that will happen imminently.\u00a0 As OSHA has done consistently over the past few years, we should expect to see a pre-publication final rule revealed some Friday afternoon in the next several weeks.\u00a0 This timing is consistent with our expectation that OSHA will push this rule out ahead of the Congressional Review Act window \u2013 90 legislative days before a possible transition to a new Administration and new Congress.\u00a0 That is not a specific, known date at this point, but to ensure there is no risk of slipping into that zone, OSHA will surely get this rule issued ahead of the Summer.<\/p>\n

The closer to today that the final rule issues, the more likely the final rule was look exactly like the proposed rule, or nearly so.\u00a0 The more time that passes between now and issuance, the more likely there will be some changes to the rule from the proposed regulatory text.\u00a0 But we expect to see a pre-publication notice any day now.<\/p>\n

Eric Conn<\/a>, CMC\u2019s OSHA Practice Chair, was quoted extensively by Inside OSHA about these developments.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a link<\/a> to the article with additional context and background about the rulemaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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