Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 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 Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 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 Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 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:* Y-12 Plant.

*Location:* Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

*Job Titles and/or Job Duties:* All laborers who worked in any area at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, fabricating or processing uranium during the period from January 1, 1977, through December 31, 1994.

*Period of Employment:* January 1, 1977 through December 31, 1994.

John J. Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.