E9-6368. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees for the Baker Perkins Atomic Weapons Employer Facility in Saginaw, MI, 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.

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 for the Baker Perkins Atomic Weapons Employer facility in Saginaw, Michigan, 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: Baker Perkins Atomic Weapons Employer.

Location: Saginaw, Michigan.

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees.

Period of Employment: May 14, 1956 through July 12, 1968.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 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].

Christine M. Branche,

Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.