2019-10659. Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the West Valley Demonstration Project in West Valley, New York, 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 West Valley Demonstration Project in West Valley, New York, 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: West Valley Demonstration Project.

Location: West Valley, New York.

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: “All Atomic Weapons Employees (AWE) who worked at the West Valley Demonstration Project in West Valley, New York, during the operational AWE period from January 1, 1966 through December 31, 1973, 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 in the Special Exposure Cohort.”

Period of Employment: January 1, 1966 through December 31, 1973.

John J. Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.