[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 70 (Thursday, April 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 17838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07474]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees
From the Idaho National Laboratory--Idaho Chemical Processing Plant in
Scoville, Idaho, 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 of a decision to evaluate a petition to
designate a class of employees from the Idaho National Laboratory--
Idaho Chemical Processing Plant in Scoville, Idaho, to be included in
the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director,
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-46,
Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, Telephone 877-222-7570. Information requests
can also be submitted by email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 42 CFR 83.9-83.12.
Pursuant to 42 CFR 83.12, the initial proposed definition for the
class being evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the
evaluation, is as follows:
Facility: Idaho National Laboratory--Idaho Chemical Processing
Plant.
Location: Scoville, Idaho.
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: ``All employees of the Department of
Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and
subcontractors who worked at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in
Scoville, Idaho and who were monitored for external radiation at the
Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (CPP) with at least one film badge or
thermoluminescent dosimeter from CPP between January 1, 1975 and
December 31, 1980 for a number of work days aggregating at least 250
work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in
combination with work days within the parameters established for one or
more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.''
Period of Employment: January 1, 1975 through December 31, 1980.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-07474 Filed 4-12-17; 8:45 am]
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