Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From Mathieson Chemical Co., Pasadena, TX, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort, 14976-14977 [2011-6369]

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AGENCY: HHS gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees from Mathieson Chemical Co., Pasadena, Texas, 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: Mathieson Chemical Co. Location: Pasadena, Texas. Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees. Period of Employment: 1951 through October 2009. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 53 / Friday, March 18, 2011 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877– 222–7570. 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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14976-14977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6369]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees 
From Mathieson Chemical Co., Pasadena, TX, To Be Included in the 
Special Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HHS gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision 
to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees from Mathieson 
Chemical Co., Pasadena, Texas, 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: Mathieson Chemical Co.
    Location: Pasadena, Texas.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees.
    Period of Employment: 1951 through October 2009.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, 
Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877-222-7570. Information requests can 
also be submitted by e-mail to DCAS@CDC.GOV.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-6369 Filed 3-17-11; 8:45 am]
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