Selected substantive paragraphs from the July 15, 2026 OSHA determination, original p.1. Self-contact details, signature and unrelated procedural discussion omitted.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) Dallas Area Office has completed the EO 12600 process. As conveyed in the final determination letter dated May 12, 2026, 64 pages were withheld in full pursuant to Exemption 4 until completion of the EO 12600 process with Walmart. The subject documents are as follows: 1. ERI Consulting, Inc. asbestos survey documents consisting of 60 pages and 2. Walmart Heat Illness Prevention Plan consisting of 4 pages. As a result of the EO 12600 process, the Department has made the determination to release in full the asbestos survey documents to you as we have been able to determine that you provided OSHA these documents and they were not provided to OSHA by Walmart during the course of the inspection. The Heat Illness Prevention Plan is segregated and withheld pursuant to Exemption 4.
The determination identifies 60 pages of ERI survey documents and four pages of the Heat Illness Prevention Plan. The archived July 17, 2026 email at 8:28 a.m. transmits the determination and both documents; it explains that an intended previous-day message remained in drafts. Use July 17 as the documented email date, rather than relying on the folder’s July 16 label.
The released 60-page file contains historical 2006/2013 surveys. The statement about documents provided by Kyle rather than Walmart applies to that identified released set; it is not extended automatically to every survey in the inspection file or the separate July 2025 roof survey. The heat-plan copy remains substantially redacted under Exemption 4. This describes the agency’s decision, without deciding the withholding’s legal validity.