05-20716. Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at the Ames Laboratory, on the Iowa State University Campus, Ames, IA, 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.

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 Ames Laboratory, on the Iowa State University Campus, Ames, Iowa, 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: Ames Laboratory, on the Iowa State University Campus, and/or AEC/DOE facilities, including Annex 1, the ‘old’ women's gymnasium, ‘Little Ankeny’, Chemistry Building, Wilhelm Hall.

Location: Ames, Iowa.

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All scientists, production workers, technicians, salaried graduate students, physical plant workers, maintenance, administrative and support staff and subcontracted workers.

Period of Employment: January 1, 1942 through December 31, 1955.

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 [phone] (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to [e-mail].

Dated: October 11, 2005.

John Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.