[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 159 (Thursday, August 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 47497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6985]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees 
at Blockson Chemical Company (Also Known As Olin Mathieson), Joliet, 
IL, 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 Blockson Chemical Company (also known 
as Olin Mathieson), Jolit, Illinois, 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 a revision as warranted by the 
evaluation, is as follows:
    Facility: Blockson Chemical Company (also known as Olin Mathieson).
    Location: Joliet, Illinois.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers who worked in Building 55 
at the Blockson Chemical Company.
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1962.

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 11, 2006.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 06-6985 Filed 8-16-06; 8:45 am]
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