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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
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Buffalo,
NY, To Be Included in the Special
Exposure Cohort
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
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Buffalo,
New York, 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: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
Location: 10 inch Bar Mill and
blooming Mill.
Job Titles and/or Job Duties:
Millwrights, welders, electricians,
bricklayers, carpenters, all maintenance,
testers, rollers, supervisors, crane
operators, hookers, clean-up crews,
grinders.
Period of Employment: 1949–1952.
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.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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Dated: August 30, 2006.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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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 Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Buffalo, NY, 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 the Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
Buffalo, New York, 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: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
Location: 10 inch Bar Mill and blooming Mill.
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: Millwrights, welders, electricians,
bricklayers, carpenters, all maintenance, testers, rollers,
supervisors, crane operators, hookers, clean-up crews, grinders.
Period of Employment: 1949-1952.
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.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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