[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 240 (Thursday, December 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 75258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9668]


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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 Dow Chemical Company, Madison, 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 Sec.  83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a 
petition to designate a class of employees at Dow Chemical Company, 
Madison, 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 revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows:
    Facility: Dow Chemical Company.
    Location: Madison, Illinois.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All Atomic Weapons Employer employees 
who were monitored, or should have been monitored, for exposure to 
ionizing radiation while working for a number of work days aggregating 
at least 250 work days, 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, 1957 through December 21, 1960.

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: December 7, 2006.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 06-9668 Filed 12-13-06; 8:45 am]
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