2017-27724. Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, 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.

SUMMARY:

NIOSH gives notice of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees from the Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, 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 [phone]. Information requests can also be submitted by email to [e-mail].

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: Ames Laboratory.

Location: Ames, Iowa.

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked in any area at the Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, during the period from January 1, 1971 through December 31, 1989, 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 included in the Special Exposure Cohort.”

Period of Employment: January 1, 1971 through December 31, 1989.

Frank Hearl

Chief of Staff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.