[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 44298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6683]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Decision To Evaluate and Petition To Designate a Class of 
Employees at Harshaw Chemical Company (Also Known as Uranium Refinery 
and/or Harshaw Filtrol Partners), Cleveland, OH, To Be Included in the 
Special Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice 
as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to 
designate a class of employees at Harshaw Chemical Company (also known 
as Uranium Refinery and/or Harshaw Filtrol Partners), 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: Harshaw Chemical Company.
    Location: Cleveland, Ohio.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers at Harshaw Chemical 
Company plant and the laboratories of the separate facility located at 
1945 East 97th Street.
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1942 through November 30, 1949.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 
45226, Telephone 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated: August 1, 2006.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 06-6683 Filed 8-3-06; 8:45 am]
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