[Federal Register: October 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 199)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Decision To Evaluate a Petition to Designate a Class of Employees 
at the Linde Ceramics Plant, Tonawanda, NY, To Be Included in the 
Special Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (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 Linde Ceramics Plant, Tonawanda, 
New York, 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: Linde Ceramics Plant.
    Location: Tonawanda, New York.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: Chemical Operators.
    Period of Employment: July 1, 1943 through September 30, 1946.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, 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 OCAS@CDC.GOV.


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    Dated: October 11, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-20717 Filed 10-14-05; 8:45 am]

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