Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees for the Simonds Saw and Steel Co., Lockport, New York, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

Samenvatting

HHS gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees for Simonds Saw and Steel Co., Lockport, 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: Simonds Saw and Steel Co. Location: Lockport, New York. Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees who worked in any area during the applicable covered thorium operational and residual periods. Period of Employment: January 1, 1951 through December 31, 2006.