#Ambience website update
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As we move forward with our permanent rulemaking process we are requesting feedback from our stakeholders. On JL&I released an emergency rule-making order (WSR 22-15-095) amending the current outdoor heat exposure rules. (Note: Please check spam or junk mail for this confirmation email as it will be coming from Zoom.)

#Ambience website password

On the day/time of the meeting, you will need to click on that link or call, enter the appropriate password and then you will be in attendance. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email and calendar item with your unique personal meeting link or phone number and the password. Spanish Interpretation services will be provided at both virtual stakeholder meetings.

Ambient Heat Stress Stakeholder Presentation - August 31, 2022.

L&I adopted emergency rules on July 9, 2021, and again on Jto address extreme high heat procedures with requirements for preventative cool-down rest with specific amounts of shade and mandatory cool-down rest periods at 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

#Ambience website update

DOSH is required to update our rules in order to be at least as effective as OSHA, and maintain the Washington State Plan.

In September, 2021, OSHA announced they would begin enhanced, expanded measures to protect workers from hazards of extreme heat, indoors and out. Both petitions for rulemaking were accepted, recognizing the need to reexamine the current rules, especially in light of information suggesting the occurrence of illnesses below the current trigger temperatures and the increasing temperatures experienced in our state since the rule was first established. During the significant and unprecedented 2021 heat wave, L&I received another petition requesting the department adopt emergency rules to address preventative measures when there is extreme high heat. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) received a petition for rulemaking on Jrequesting changes to L&I’s rules to include more specific requirements to prevent heat-related illness. The department will consider requirements for trigger temperatures or another measure of environmental conditions stress to the human body such as heat index or wet bulb globe temperature, time frames for when the rule is in effect, preventative measures (such as water, shade or other cooling means, and rest/time breaks), emergency response measures, training and planning.

Participates in the Smog Alert program.L&I is conducting rulemaking related to WAC 296-62-095 through WAC 296-62-09560, General Occupational Health Standards – Outdoor Heat Exposure, and WAC 296-307-097 through WAC 290, Agriculture Safety Standards – Outdoor Heat Exposure.

Uses data to evaluate the need for special controls and to assist with citizen inquiries.

Uses data to determine compliance with ambient air quality standards.Measures levels of air pollutants throughout the state.Conducts ambient monitoring for air toxics, VOCs, lead, ozone, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, and meteorological conditions.AMP also reports the Air Quality Index (AQI), a simple measure of a region's air quality, for several Georgia cities and offers daily Smog Alert forecasts. The Ambient Monitoring Program measures levels of air pollutants throughout the State.