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Dear USET/USET SPF Family,
On January 7, 2022 the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Dear Tribal Leader Letter announcing a Tribal consultation on the COVID-19 vaccination and Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). Previously, OSHA hosted a Tribal Leader Briefing on the COVID-19 vaccination and ETS on November 5, 2021. Following the Tribal Briefing, OSHA decided not to enforce the ETS to apply to “traditionally governmental” Tribal activities until it consulted with Tribal Leaders to receive input on the applicability and implications of the ETS. Therefore, this consultation is focused on receiving input from Tribal Leaders on ETS enforcement on worksites owned by Tribal Nations and its applicability and implications for Tribal Nations.
Details regarding the upcoming Tribal consultation are as follows—
Information and details regarding the COVID-19 vaccination and ETS can be viewed on OHSA’s website by clicking here. To view the Interim Final Rule for the COVID-19 vaccination and ETS, please click here. To view a FAQ Sheet on the ETS, please click here. Comments on the COVID-19 vaccination and ETS are due January 19, 2022
and can be submitted through regulations.gov under Docket ID OSHA-2021-0007. Questions regarding this consultation on the COVID-19 vaccination and ETS should be directed to Theresa Lujan, Tribal Liaison, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Labor, at Lujan.Theresa@dol.gov.
For more information, please contact Brian Howard, USET SPF Senior Policy Analyst, at bhoward@usetinc.org.
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