# National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at the St. Louis Airport Storage Site, St. Louis, MO, 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 at the St. Louis Airport Storage site, St. Louis, Missouri, 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:* St. Louis Airport Storage site.
*Location:* St. Louis, Missouri.
*Job Titles and/or Job Duties:* All workers who worked in any area and in any job capacity.
*Period of Employment:* During the operational period from January 1, 1946 through December 31, 1966 and the residual period from January 1, 1967 through December 31, 1998.
**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 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to *[email protected].*
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.