[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 217 (Thursday, November 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 67013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27346]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees 
From the Battelle Laboratories King Avenue Facility in Columbus, OH, To 
Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and 
Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NIOSH gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a 
decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees from 
the Battelle Laboratories King Avenue facility in Columbus, OH, to be 
included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The initial 
proposed definition for the class being evaluated, subject to revision 
as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows:
    Facility: Battelle Laboratories King Avenue Location: Columbus, 
Ohio.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All Atomic Weapons Employees who 
worked at the King Avenue facility in Columbus, Ohio.
    Period of Employment: April 16, 1943 through June 30, 1956.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, 
Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877-222-7570. Information requests can 
also be submitted by email to [email protected].

John Howard,
 Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-27346 Filed 11-7-12; 8:45 am]
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