80 FR 70238 - Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Battelle King Avenue Site in Columbus, Ohio, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 219 (November 13, 2015)

NIOSH gives notice of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees from the Battelle King Avenue site in Columbus, Ohio, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28905]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees 
From the Battelle King Avenue Site in Columbus, Ohio, 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 Battelle King Avenue site in 
Columbus, Ohio, 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: Battelle King Avenue.
    Location: Columbus, Ohio.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All Atomic Weapons Employees who 
worked at the facility owned by the Battelle Laboratories at the King 
Avenue site in Columbus, Ohio, during the period from July 1, 1956 
through December 31, 1970, 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: July 1, 1956 through December 31, 1970.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-28905 Filed 11-12-15; 8:45 am]
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