Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Hanford Site in Richland, Washington, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

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#  Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Hanford Site in Richland, Washington, 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 Hanford site in Richland, Washington, 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 877-222-7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to *[email protected]* .

**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:* Hanford site.

*Location:* Richland, Washington.

*Job Titles and/or Job Duties:* All employees of Department of Energy contractors and subcontractors (excluding employees of the following Hanford prime contractors during the specified periods: Battelle Memorial Institute, January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1990; Rockwell Hanford Operations, January 1, 1984 through June 28, 1987; Boeing Computer Services Richland, January 1, 1984 through June 28, 1987; UNC Nuclear Industries, January 1, 1984 through June 28, 1987; Westinghouse Hanford Company, January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1990; and Hanford Environmental Health Foundation, January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1990.

*Period of Employment:* January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1990.

John Howard

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.