Summary of Special Exposure Cohort Petitions and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Findings, 20108-20109 [E6-5851]
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Safety and Health (NIOSH) from
evaluating these petitions that are to be
considered by the Advisory Board on
Radiation and Worker Health April 25–
27, 2006 (see notice: Federal Register/
Vol. 71, No. 66/Thursday, April 6, 2006/
Notices, p. 17470).
Summary of petitions and NIOSH
findings:
1. Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Qualified Petitioners: Survivors of Y–
12 Plant Department of Energy (DOE)
contractor employees.
Initial Proposed Class Definition,
Subject to Revision as Warranted by the
Evaluation: All steamfitters, pipefitters,
and plumbers who worked at Y–12 from
October, 1944 through December, 1957.
Basis of the Petition: Documentation
or statements provided by affidavit
indicating that radiation exposures and
doses to members of the proposed class
were not monitored either through
personal or area monitoring.
NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed
Class Definition: NIOSH does not have
access to sufficient information to
estimate radiation dose with sufficient
accuracy for employees of the DOE or
DOE contractors or subcontractors who
were monitored or should have been
monitored for thorium exposures while
working in Building 9202, 9204–1,
9204–3, 9206, or 9212 at Y–12 during
the period January 1948 through
December 1957. NIOSH has determined
that health was endangered for those
workers who were employed for at least
250 aggregated work days within the
parameters established for this class or
in combination with work days within
the parameters for one or more classes
of employees in the SEC.
2. Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Summary of Special Exposure Cohort
Petitions and National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
Findings
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements
of 42 CFR 83.15(a), the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) gives
notice of petitions to add classes of
employees to the Special Exposure
Cohort (SEC) and the findings of the
National Institute for Occupational
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Qualified Petitioner: Labor
organization representing or formerly
having represented DOE or DOE
contractor or subcontractor employees
who would be included in the proposed
class of employees.
Initial Proposed Class Definition,
Subject to Revision as Warranted by the
Evaluation: All represented members,
past, present and current, of United
Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local
8031 and its predecessors, that worked
at the Rocky Flats Plant, Golden,
Colorado, from April 1952 to February
15, 2005.
Bases of the Petition:
a. Documents or statements provided
by affidavit indicating that radiation
exposures and doses to members of the
proposed class were not monitored,
either through personal or area
monitoring.
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b. Documents or statements provided
by affidavit indicating that radiation
monitoring records for members of the
proposed class have been lost, falsified,
or destroyed; or that there is no
information regarding monitoring,
source, source term, or process from the
site where the employees worked.
c. A report from a health physicist or
other individual with expertise in
radiation dose reconstruction
documenting the limitations of existing
DOE records on radiation exposures at
the facility, as relevant to the petition.
d. A scientific or technical report,
issued by an agency of the Executive
Branch of Government, or published in
a peer-reviewed journal, that identifies
dosimetry and related information that
are unavailable (due to either a lack of
monitoring or the destruction or loss of
records) for estimating the radiation
doses of employees covered by the
petition.
NIOSH Finding: NIOSH has
established that it has access to
sufficient information to estimate the
maximum radiation dose incurred by
any member of the class as identified
above, or estimate radiation doses more
precisely than a maximum dose
estimate. Information available from the
Rocky Flats Site Profile document and
additional resources is sufficient to
estimate the maximum internal and
external potential exposure to members
of the proposed class under plausible
circumstances during the specified
period.
3. Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada
Qualified Petitioner: DOE contractor
or subcontractor employee who would
be included in the proposed class of
employees.
Initial Proposed Class Definition,
Subject to Revision as Warranted by the
Evaluation: Employees of the DOE or
DOE contractors or subcontractors who
worked at the Nevada Test Site during
the period January 27, 1951 through
December 31, 1962.
Basis of the Petition: NIOSH has
determined that there is insufficient
information to complete a dose
reconstruction for the employee
identified in the petition, and NIOSH
has notified the employee, Department
of Labor (DOL), and DOE of this finding.
HHS will consider this finding
sufficient, without further
consideration, to determine that it is not
feasible to estimate the levels of
radiation doses of members of the class
with sufficient accuracy.
NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed
Class Definition: NIOSH does not have
access to sufficient information to
estimate the potential internal radiation
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dose with sufficient accuracy for
employees of the DOE or DOE
contractors or subcontractors who
worked at the Nevada Test Site during
the period January 27, 1951 through
December 31, 1962. NIOSH has
determined that health was endangered
for those workers who were employed
for at least 250 aggregated work days
within the parameters established for
this class or in combination with work
days within the parameters for one or
more classes of employees in the SEC.
4. Pacific Proving Ground, Marshall
Islands
Qualified Petitioner: Survivor of
former DOE or DOE contractor or
subcontractor employee.
Initial Proposed Class Definition,
Subject to Revision as Warranted by the
Evaluation: All Scientists and Scientific
Couriers that worked on Enewetak
Atoll, Pacific Proving Grounds, Marshall
Islands, from July 1, 1958 until August
31, 1958 (Operation Hardtack I).
Basis of the Petition: Documentation
or statements provided by affidavit
indicating that radiation exposures and
doses to members of the proposed class
were not monitored, either through
personal or area monitoring.
NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed
Class Definition: NIOSH does not have
access to sufficient information to
document or estimate either the
potential maximum internal radiation
dose, or to estimate such radiation doses
more precisely than a maximum dose
estimate for employees of the DOE or
DOE contractors or subcontractors who
were monitored or should have been
monitored for exposures to ionizing
radiation as a result of nuclear weapons
testing, under plausible circumstances
during the period of Atomic Energy
Commission operations at the Pacific
Proving Ground, 1946 through 1962.
NIOSH has determined that health was
endangered for those workers who were
employed for at least 250 aggregated
work days within the parameters
established for this class or in
combination with work days within the
parameters for one or more classes of
employees in the SEC.
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 OCAS@CDC.GOV.
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Dated: April 13, 2006.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Decision To Evaluate a Petition to
Designate a Class of Employees at the
Feed Materials Production Center
(FMPC), Fernald, OH
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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 the
Feed Materials Production Center
(FMPC), Fernald, Ohio, 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: Feed Materials Production
Center (FMPC), Fernald, Ohio.
Location: All locations.
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All
employees of the Department of Energy
(DOE), DOE contractors and
subcontractors.
Period of Employment: January 1,
1951 through December 31, 1989.
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 OCAS@CDC.GOV.
Dated: April 13, 2006.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Summary of Special Exposure Cohort Petitions and National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Findings
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements of 42 CFR 83.15(a), the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of petitions
to add classes of employees to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) and
the findings of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) from evaluating these petitions that are to be
considered by the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health April
25-27, 2006 (see notice: Federal Register/Vol. 71, No. 66/Thursday,
April 6, 2006/Notices, p. 17470).
Summary of petitions and NIOSH findings:
1. Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Qualified Petitioners: Survivors of Y-12 Plant Department of Energy
(DOE) contractor employees.
Initial Proposed Class Definition, Subject to Revision as Warranted
by the Evaluation: All steamfitters, pipefitters, and plumbers who
worked at Y-12 from October, 1944 through December, 1957.
Basis of the Petition: Documentation or statements provided by
affidavit indicating that radiation exposures and doses to members of
the proposed class were not monitored either through personal or area
monitoring.
NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed Class Definition: NIOSH does not
have access to sufficient information to estimate radiation dose with
sufficient accuracy for employees of the DOE or DOE contractors or
subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored for
thorium exposures while working in Building 9202, 9204-1, 9204-3, 9206,
or 9212 at Y-12 during the period January 1948 through December 1957.
NIOSH has determined that health was endangered for those workers who
were employed for at least 250 aggregated work days within the
parameters established for this class or in combination with work days
within the parameters for one or more classes of employees in the SEC.
2. Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado
Qualified Petitioner: Labor organization representing or formerly
having represented DOE or DOE contractor or subcontractor employees who
would be included in the proposed class of employees.
Initial Proposed Class Definition, Subject to Revision as Warranted
by the Evaluation: All represented members, past, present and current,
of United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 8031 and its
predecessors, that worked at the Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado,
from April 1952 to February 15, 2005.
Bases of the Petition:
a. Documents or statements provided by affidavit indicating that
radiation exposures and doses to members of the proposed class were not
monitored, either through personal or area monitoring.
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b. Documents or statements provided by affidavit indicating that
radiation monitoring records for members of the proposed class have
been lost, falsified, or destroyed; or that there is no information
regarding monitoring, source, source term, or process from the site
where the employees worked.
c. A report from a health physicist or other individual with
expertise in radiation dose reconstruction documenting the limitations
of existing DOE records on radiation exposures at the facility, as
relevant to the petition.
d. A scientific or technical report, issued by an agency of the
Executive Branch of Government, or published in a peer-reviewed
journal, that identifies dosimetry and related information that are
unavailable (due to either a lack of monitoring or the destruction or
loss of records) for estimating the radiation doses of employees
covered by the petition.
NIOSH Finding: NIOSH has established that it has access to
sufficient information to estimate the maximum radiation dose incurred
by any member of the class as identified above, or estimate radiation
doses more precisely than a maximum dose estimate. Information
available from the Rocky Flats Site Profile document and additional
resources is sufficient to estimate the maximum internal and external
potential exposure to members of the proposed class under plausible
circumstances during the specified period.
3. Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada
Qualified Petitioner: DOE contractor or subcontractor employee who
would be included in the proposed class of employees.
Initial Proposed Class Definition, Subject to Revision as Warranted
by the Evaluation: Employees of the DOE or DOE contractors or
subcontractors who worked at the Nevada Test Site during the period
January 27, 1951 through December 31, 1962.
Basis of the Petition: NIOSH has determined that there is
insufficient information to complete a dose reconstruction for the
employee identified in the petition, and NIOSH has notified the
employee, Department of Labor (DOL), and DOE of this finding. HHS will
consider this finding sufficient, without further consideration, to
determine that it is not feasible to estimate the levels of radiation
doses of members of the class with sufficient accuracy.
NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed Class Definition: NIOSH does not
have access to sufficient information to estimate the potential
internal radiation dose with sufficient accuracy for employees of the
DOE or DOE contractors or subcontractors who worked at the Nevada Test
Site during the period January 27, 1951 through December 31, 1962.
NIOSH has determined that health was endangered for those workers who
were employed for at least 250 aggregated work days within the
parameters established for this class or in combination with work days
within the parameters for one or more classes of employees in the SEC.
4. Pacific Proving Ground, Marshall Islands
Qualified Petitioner: Survivor of former DOE or DOE contractor or
subcontractor employee.
Initial Proposed Class Definition, Subject to Revision as Warranted
by the Evaluation: All Scientists and Scientific Couriers that worked
on Enewetak Atoll, Pacific Proving Grounds, Marshall Islands, from July
1, 1958 until August 31, 1958 (Operation Hardtack I).
Basis of the Petition: Documentation or statements provided by
affidavit indicating that radiation exposures and doses to members of
the proposed class were not monitored, either through personal or area
monitoring.
NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed Class Definition: NIOSH does not
have access to sufficient information to document or estimate either
the potential maximum internal radiation dose, or to estimate such
radiation doses more precisely than a maximum dose estimate for
employees of the DOE or DOE contractors or subcontractors who were
monitored or should have been monitored for exposures to ionizing
radiation as a result of nuclear weapons testing, under plausible
circumstances during the period of Atomic Energy Commission operations
at the Pacific Proving Ground, 1946 through 1962. NIOSH has determined
that health was endangered for those workers who were employed for at
least 250 aggregated work days within the parameters established for
this class or in combination with work days within the parameters for
one or more classes of employees in the SEC.
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 OCAS@CDC.GOV.
Dated: April 13, 2006.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 8
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