# Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Pinellas Plant in Clearwater, Florida, 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 Pinellas Plant in Clearwater, Florida, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Grady Calhoun, 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 513-533-6800. Information requests can also be submitted by email to *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
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:* Pinellas Plant.
*Location:* Clearwater, Florida.
*Job Titles and/or Job Duties:* All employees who worked in any areas of Pinellas Plant.
*Period of Employment:* May 19, 1957 through December 31, 1997.
**Authority:**
42 CFR 83.9-83.12.
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.