For completeness, I will include a list of the particular illnesses associated with Agent
Orange exposure. They are:

1.) Chloracne 2.) Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 3.) Soft tissue sarcoma (other than
osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, or mesothelioma) 4.)
Hodgkin’s disease 5.) Porphyria cutanea tarda 6.) Multiple myeloma 7.)
Respiratory cancers, including cancers of the lung, larynx, trachea, and bronchus
8.) Prostrate cancer 9.) Acute and subacute transient peripheral neuropathy 10.)
‘Type 2 diabetes 11.) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Note that the presumptive connection of these illnesses is based simply on being able to
ascertain service on land in Viet Nam during the Viet Nam era by anyone that has been
diagnosed with any one of these illnesses. There is no need for a veteran to prove that be
or she spent time in a hot zone where Agent Orange was actually known to be used and

there is no need to prove length of exposure.

My point here is that there appears to be a double standard in calculating and
administering monetary compensation to the employees of GSI when comparing to the
standard used to provide monetary compensation to Viet Nam era veterans exposed to
Agent Orange.

It is my belief that the Veterans Administration has set a precedent for identifying cases
where monetary compensation is dictated where there is a known and identifiable health
problem associated with that exposure. | further believe this is a more fair approach
when there is not enough data to disprove that any of the associated illnesses were not

caused by said exposure,

Further, note that many of the listed illnesses associated with Agent Orange could have
othet sources of causation, In spite of this fact, the VA took the high road on this since
presumably from « scientific point of view, there is no real way to prove or disprove if
the illness in question is from Agent Orange or from some other source.

Regards,


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Survivor information — Complete Section B if you are a Survivor or representing a Survivor.

B.1. Name of Suryivor:,

B.2 Social Security Number of Survivor: _
B.3 Address of Survivor"

Steet a ; Apt # P.O. Box
tiv State O:*C—<i~“‘i‘“C;<«é«éi de SS”
B.4 Telephone Number of Survivor: . o _
B.5 Email Address of Survivor:~ 7
B.6 _ Relationship to Employee: a Spouse 2K Son/Daugner Q Parent
Q Grandparent Q Grandchild
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Complete Section C UNLESS you are:a labor organization.
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Middle tnittat Last Name

C2. Former Name of Employee (e.g., maiden name/legal name change/other):

Employee Information —
C1. Name of Employee:

Mr/Mrs/Ms. First Name Middle initial Last Name

C3 Social Security Number of Emplo
C4 Address of Employee (if living):

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Street Apt # P.O. Box
City State Zip Code

C.5 Telephone Number of Employee: (_ ) lo

C.6 Email Address of Employee: fu | A

C.7 Employment Information Related to Petition:
C.7a_ Employee Number (if known):

©.7b Dates of Employment: Start ASso End Q HR
C.7¢ Employer Name: Genéca\ Stee | Tnductr ives

C7d Work Site Location: }tlin Stabe OT.
CUsranik¢ City. TL baelo_

C.7e Supervisor's Name: . _ _ —_——

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To: SEC Petition
Office of Compensation Analysis Support
NIOSH
4676 Columbia Parkway, MS-C-47
Cincinnati, OH 45226

Date: 02-09-08

To Whom It May Concern,

Concerning File Number . /
{have to say that I strongly disagree with your findings concerning the likelihood of the
causation of his cancer from which he died.

I, like worked at General Steel Industries. Though I worked there for only a
few years, I worked during the years of 1967 and 1968 and then again in 1970 until they
closed their doors about two years later. My break in service occurred when I joined the
US Army to go serve in Viet Nam. As you might note, the years I worked at General
Steel Industries are the crucial years for which the ACT pertains. In my own case, I have
had a PET scan in previous years and they have found a spot on my left lung and one on
my right kidney. At this point in time it is not known if there is any malignancy and the
doctors are watching these spots closely for any growth.

As I understand it, the primary source being considered for radiation contamination was
from the betatron machines used to x-ray most of the casting produced at the State Street
facility in Madison, IL where and I worked. I can tell you from personal
experience that I saw working many times in the vicinities where these
machines were used because | also worked in these same vicinities and it would seem
more than coincidental that he would have worked in those same locations many times
before I started work there. Primarily they would use the betatron machines to x-ray
castings in buildings 8, 9, and 10. Iwasa working with the overhead cranes
that set many of the castings in place to be x-rayed and then later would turn them over or
remove them to another Jocation, The betatron machines themsclves were portable so
they too were moved place to place.

What is most disturbing to me is that they used this cquipment to x-ray primarily their
Westinghouse turbine castings in the aforementioned buildings. These castings weighed
on the order of 250 to 300 tons, Something this heavy would require outrageous bursts of
energy to penetrate so | am not sure exactly what would be a safe distance when these
machines were in use and | also am not so sure there was not any residual beta radiation
jn the area or on the castings following the use of this cquipment.

The betatron machines were also used in 6 and 7 buildings to x-ray tank hulls and turrets
which were castings of considerably less weight but I am not sure if there was a
corresponding power reduction of the betatrons because of the lesser weight of these



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Iiness Compensation Act

Special Exposure Cohort Petition — Form B

Ths. Dentiens

Centers for Disease Controf and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

OMB Number: 0920-0639 Expires: 05/31/2007
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Proposed Definition of Employee Class Covered by Petition — Complete Section E.
Name of DOE or AWE Facility: Ge aceal Steel eo nusfe rs,
Locations at the Facility relevant to this petition:

poy Site Sp Gaak Cy TE -

List job titles and/or job duties of employees included in the class. In addition, you can list by
name any individuals other than petitioners identified on this form who you believe should be

included in this class: AM oh rcthes 2 ve included iy

Employment Dates relevant to this petition:

Start January 1, 1950 End Bouncy 2) 1973
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Start a End

Is the petition based on one or more unmonitored, unrecorded, or inadequately monitored or
recorded exposure incidents?: ys Yes CQ) No

\f yes, provide the date(s) of the incident(s) and a complete description (attach additional pages
as necessary):

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Position of Contact Person
D2. Name of Petition Representative:
D3 Address of Petition Representative:

Street Apt # P.O. Box

City State Zip Code
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D5 Email Address of Petition Representative:
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F3  @ \Wehave attached a report from a health physicist or other individual with expertise in
radiation dose reconstruction documenting the limitations of existing DOE or AWE records on
radiation exposures at the facllity, as relevant to the petition. The report specifies the basis for
believing these documented limitations might prevent the completion of dose reconstructions for
members of the class under 42 CFR Part 82 and related NIOSH technical implementation

guidelines.
(Attach report to the back of the petition form.)

F.4 © IWe have attached a scientific or technical report, issued by a government agency of the
Executive Branch of Government or the General Accounting Office, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, or the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, or published in a peer-reviewed
journal, that identifies dosimetry and related information that are unavailable (due to either a lack
of monitoring or the destruction or loss of records) for estimating the radiation doses of
employees covered by the petition.

(Attach report to the back of the petition form.)

Signature of Porson(s) Subm
All Petitioners chauld sian and date the petition. A maximum of three persons may sign the petition.

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Notice: Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, misrepresentation, concealment of

fact or any other act of fraud to obtain compensation as provided under EEOICPA or who
knowingly accepts compensation to which that person is not entitled is subject to civil or
administrative remedies as well as felony criminal prosecution and may, under appropriate
criminal provisions, be punished by a fine or imprisonment or both. | affirm that the information
provided on this form is accurate and true.

Send this form to: SEC Petition
Office of Compensation Analysis and Support
NIOSH
4676 Columbia Parkway, MS-C-47
Cincinnati, OH 45226

If there are additional petitioners, they must complete the Appendix Forms for additional petitioners.
The Appendix forms are located at the end of this document.

Name or Social Security Number of First Petition _



SEC Petition
Office of Compensation Analysis and Support FEB 25 2008
NIOSH

4676 Columbia Parkway, MS-C-47
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226

To Whom Tt May Concern:

[am filing this petition in behalf of the General Steel Indusiries employees and or their
survivors with fall intentions of assisting them in giving them their right to dispute any
decisions made by NIOSH through the Dose Reconstruction techniques that have been
used to deny their claim.

NIOSH has come to their conclusion in case as well as many others that the
employee did not receive enough radiation internally and externally to have been “most
likely as not” to have caused their cancer. NIOSH did not have a body to conclude this
with in case, nor did they have the quantity or quality of the use of the two
betatron machines and facility conditions to properly conclude their findings.

NIOSH has also stated in their report that records were not available for monitoring
tadiation. According to the enclosed affidavits dosimetry badges were not given to wear.
These badges were available in 1950, so there was no reason for this kind of negligence.

Ihave contacted Denise Brock on several occasions asking for assistance with filing this
petition. Her response has been very slow in returning my phone calls maybe because she
is single-handedly trying to assist several other employees from not only General Steel
Industries, but also from the Dow Chemical Piant, and Mallincrodt as well as other
affected plants. I have not been offered any other contact number or name from Denise as
an alternative advocate in the cvent she is unable to assist me with her expertise,
Therefore this has left me on my own to fill out the necessary forms and to submit to you
what you hopefully need to conclude that a petition is in order for all General Steel
Industries employees.

Tam enclosing the following:

1. Affidavits from my . _ who were both employees
with GSI duting the petition years,

2. A drawing of the interior of GSI from my showing the tracks that
ran the betatron from one building to another building. (Please notice the location
of the restrooms)

3. An additional letter my wrote after researching how claims for Agent

Orange were conducted. (Interesting!)
4. A reference sheet I have compiled for your consideration. This includes two
articles that state GSI had custody of not ONE, but TWO government owned
betatron machines, which can only mean it too was in use and the radiation

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I would hope that we are dealing with people of high moral integrity that will stand up
and do the right thing and compensate these people and their families for the suffering
and hardships they have had to endure simply because they had no choice but to make a
living to support themsclves and their families. Decency demands that death and
suffering should not be part of that equation.

Respectfully,

Hes Mase glace

Marilyn Burdzilauskas
Notary Public, State of Htinais
My Commission Exp. 68/28/2008

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castings, Even if this were the case, the throughput for the tank hulls and turrets was
much greater so the frequency of use of the machine was also much greater as a result. 1,
like my father, also worked extensively in buildings 6 and 7.

‘The problem I have with a theoretical equation to deicrmine causation is that there were
many other factors of concern that I am sure had absolutely no weighting in your
mathematical equations. These buildings all had poor ventilation. Besides lingering beta
particles there was a good deal of smoke from the burning and welding of the castings
that was not properly being vented to the atmosphere. Asbestos was extremely prevalent
throughout the mill as well. In short, the entire atmosphere was ripe with violations
against basic human health and there appeared to be very few precautions undertaken in
general by management to reduce many of these risks.

This was also a time when smokestack particulates to the atmosphere were not monitored
so the health and safety of the entire community was much more at risk than it would be
today if the plant were still in operation and subject to FPA regulations but none-the-less,
a contributing factor of those times. Many of the homes in the Granite City area have had
their lawns replaccd due to lead emissions by National Lead located right next door to
General Steel. Nearly every home and automobile in Granite City was discolored with a
reddish brown residue due to a coating caused by the emissions from the smoke stacks of
the 20" Street Granite City Steel location and accompanying coke plant on Edwardsville
Road, Even frequent washings of homes did not help much and the only recourse was to
repaint your home on a regular basis.

The point being illustrated here is not so much the possibility of other sources of
causation but rather the overall basic attitude of irresponsibility displayed by nearly all
the mills in Granite City toward the citizens in the community. With such pervasive
attitudes it would not scem to be a large stretch to come to the realization that not many
precautions were taken in regard to the protecting the workers at General Steel Industries
in regards to radiation exposure levels. It seems that attitude was more along the lines

that the workers were expendable.

1 know that radiation exposure levels increase with the time spent in the vicinity where
radiation sources exists so it is incomprehensible to me how anyone can come up with a
statistically sound formula that accurately depicts a percentage of causation, You might
as well just pick the number right out of thin air.

1am further disturbed by the whole process of making such determinations. It seems
there are unnecessary and purposeful built-in delays and complexities meant only to stall,
dis-hearten, and frustrate any would be claimants to the point they are willing to
relinquish any and all claims and simply throw their hands up in the air. Sometimes
conditions are such that you just know things and it doesn’t take a big scientific study to
come fo the proper conclusions. In fact, one of the most disturbing aspects of this whole
affair is that there really is not any measured or recorded data to go by so how can anyone
realistically espouse any believable results based on mathematics or science? If an error
is to be made, in my estimation it should be made on the side of the claimants.



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lliness Compensation Act National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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F Basis for Proposing that Records and Information are Inadequate for Individual Dose —
Complete Section F.

Complete at least one of the following entries in this section by checking the appropriate box and providing
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Fi. \@ We have attached either documents or statements provided by affidavit that indicate that
radiation exposures and radiation doses potentially incurred by members of the proposed class,
that relate to this petition, were not monitored, either through personal monitoring or through area

monitoring.
(Attach documents and/or affidavits to the back of the petition form.)

Describe as completely as possible, to the extent it might be unclear, how the attached
documentation and/or affidavit(s) indicate that potential radiation exposures were not monitored.

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radiation monitoring records for members of the proposed class have been lost, falsified, or
destroyed; or that there is no information regarding monitoring, source, source term, or process
from the site where the employees worked,

(Attach documents and/or affidavits to the back of the petition form.)

Describe as completely as possible, to the extent it might be unclear, how the attached
documentation and/or affidavit(s) indicate that radiation monitoring records for members of the
proposed class have been lost, altered illegally, or destroyed.

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To The: SEC Petition

Office of Compensation Analysis And Support

NIOSH

4676 Columbia Parkway, MS-C-47Cinccinnati OH, 45226

To Whom It may Concern,

and lama
former employee of General Steel Industries with employment dating back to 1964 thru
1973. This affidavit is being written in behalf of

I was a welder at General Stcel during my employment years with them.

I worked primarily in buildings #8, #9, and #10 where the betatron machine was in
operation. My responsibility was to weld the castings after they had been x-rayed. The
castings to be x-rayed were lifted by overhead cranes, placed on tracks, and then rolled to
the betatron for x-taying. The castings might be G.E. or Westinghouse turbine castings.
Sometimes we would x-ray hulls or turrets for military tanks. ‘This equipment was placed
ona catt of some sort, and then placed on tracks to be rolled to the betatron machine for

x-raying.

We were never given any type of badge or monitoring device that registered our exposure
to radiation. The only warning received was when our foreman would tell everyone to
leave the area before x-raying began. He then would tell us when to return and resume
welding the castings, hulls or turrets. After the equipment was x-rayed, the temperature of
these x-rayed parts was so high that we had to use blankets of asbestos under our feet to
keep from being burned.

The environment in all the buildings was always smoked filled and dusty.

Ican verify that did indeed work in and around the
#10 building where the betatron was located. work title was * but he had
other duties such as replacing windows or sweeping floors in all the buildings throughout
dhe steel mill.

am enclosing a drawing I made of the interior of General Steel Industries.

Please contact me at if additional information is needed.

FICIAL SEAL"

Marilyn Burdzilauskas
Notary Public, Sate of Iinas



DIVISION

General Steel’s Castings Division at Granite City,
IIL, in the St. Louis industrial area, covers 127 acres,
89 of which are under roof. This plant has a monthly
capacity in excess of 4000 tons of finished carbon
steel castings and 500 tons of wear-resistant castings,
Production is devoted to cast steel products for rrail-
roads, general industry and the military. Also at-this
Division, GSI builds various types of railroad freight
ears which utilize its one-piece east steel underframes.



REFERENCES

1.Website... nuke.worker.com (General Steel Cleanup 1993) Go to Illinois- Granite
City Steel — slates previous occupant General Steel Industries 1417 State St. GSI was
custodian of (2) betatron-government owned machines, 1993 cleanup residual
radioactive material survey shows amounts in excess of government guidelines

2. Website... betatron and betatron machines dangers.. tried to quantify
radiation exposure through dosimetry. Device ox badge was available as of 1950. (Badges
were available, not used per attached. affidavits)

3. Website... Office of Legacy Management Granite City Steel site... (States (2)
betatron machines housed at this site. Doesn’t give GSI as previous occupant but cleanup
dates are the same. Granite City Steel is located on 20th street. No address given in this
article, General Steel Industrics is at 1417 State St. (full address should be mandatory)

4, Website.... ACS Radiation Exposure and Cancer... This site explains the dangers of
ionizing radiation, how il may not show up for years after exposure and its effects on
DNA. This website relates befa rays to ionizing radiation and much more

5. Website... DOE listings of nuclear facilities... Gives a list of facilities beryllium metal
was provided to by beryllium vendors. Granite City Sicel listed as one, no address given.
AWE/DOBE (represents ownership change) Granite City Stecl used to own General Steel

Industries at 1417 State St.

6. Website...Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000. (States
AWE/DOE represents ownership change. (Granite Steel was General Steel Industries)

7, Website... Residual Radioactive Summary... States...”Documentation reviewed
indicates that there is potential for SIGNIFICANT RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION in
which weapons-related production occurred 1958-1994- Granite City Stecl formerly was
General Steel Indusiries (no street address given; address should be given in reports)



exposure from it was probably not taken into consideration. I did not see this
mentioned in the NIOSI] report?)

If you have any questions or need any additional documentation, please contact me at

Thank you for your consideration,



To Whom It May Concern:

The following is presented as reason for reconsideration of the decision made in relation
to the case of

The following is information I have discovered in regard to Viet Nam Vetcrans
compensation for exposure to Agent Orange that is paid out in the form of a monthly
disability payment. | bring this to light because I believe it sets a precedent for
establishing a process for calculating compensation by the government in other types of
cases where unintended exposure may exist that has some degree of probability of
causing a long term health problem for those exposed. I believe a similar standard of
compensation determination should be invoked for the employees of GSI that were
exposed to nuclear radiation as a result of work performed where such exposure was the
direct result of government contracts that required use of equipment that was responsible

for this exposure.

Rather than calculating some atbitrary percentage of causation figure based on what
appears to be an abstract fuzzy math calculation, the Veterans Administration contracted
the NAS (National Academy of Science) to collect data related to the health affects to
exposure to Agent Orange. NAS was chosen for this study because it is an independently
functioning entity separate from the federal government. In relation and comparison to
radiation exposure associated with my father’s case, the health affects have likewise

already becn determined.

In the case of Agent Orange, it was the responsibility of the Veteran’s Administration to
iranslate the conclusions of the NAS into a compensation policy for veterans. As a result
of this study, the VA decided to recognize a range of illnesses as presumptively service
connected for Viet Nam era veteran who served in Viet Nam. The Agent Orange Act of
1991 also defines a “presumption of exposure” that gives veterans the benefit of the
doubt by presuming that a Viel Nam veteran diagnosed with one or more service-
connected illnesses was also exposed to Agent Orange or related herbicides. This got
atound earlier controversies about who was exposed to herbicides while in Viet Nam,
because military record did not allow researchers to identify who was exposed nor the
extent of their possible exposure. Likewise, the records of GSI employces are not
defined as to the identity of those exposed to the radiation of the betatron machines or the
extent of that exposure,

As aresult, when an eligible veteran shows that he or she served in Viet Nam and was
diagnosed with one or more of the presumptively recognized illnesses, service connection
becomes automatic. According to the Deputy Assistant Generat Counsel, an attorney in
the VA Office of the General Counsel, the presumptions of service connection for the
illnesses associated with Agent Orange ate intendcd to ease the vetcran’s burden of
producing scientific evidence directly showing that their illnesses or injuries were caused
my military service.


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Complete Cleanup Criteria Information

Granite City Steel

Installation: Granite City Steel

fame: Old Betatron Building
ite Name: Old Betatron Buildin;
jaterial/equipment - concrete/brick

Contaminant: beta-gamma

Cleanup Criteria: 5000 dpm/100 sqem

Land use: unrestricted

Precleanup Concentrations (avg/max): not stated/30000.0 dpnv/100 sqem

Reference Document: Post-Action: Results of the Independent Verification Survey at the Old Betatron Building, Granite
City, Iinois (GSG001) ~- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Martin Marietta

Reference Document Date: 7/1/1994

Regulatory Program: CERCLA

DOE Management Program: FUSRAP

Criteria Comments: The guideline is for average exposure conditions. Areas found to be above the guideline during the
independent verification were cleaned up so that post-action levels were within DOE guidelines,

Legal Basis: DOE Order 5400.5

Target Risk Level: not stated

Other Contaminants in structural material/equipment - concrete/brick at this Subsite: uranium-total

ite
Subsi

Yustallations Granite City Steel

State: IL

Site Name: Old Betatron Building

Subsite Name: Old Betatron Building

Medium: structural material/equipment - concrete/brick

Contaminant: uranium-total .

Cleanup Criteria: 15000 dpm/100 sqom

Land use: unrestricted

Precleanup Concentrations (avg/max): not stated/5 11.0 dpm/100 sqem

Reference Document: Post-Action: Results of the Independent Verification Survey at the Old Betatron Building, Granite
City, Iflinois (GSG001) ~ Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Martin Marietta

Reference Document Date: 7/1/1994

Regulatory Program: CERCLA

DOE Management Program: FUSRAP

Criteria Comments: Reference document reports contaminant as Uranium-235/238/natural. The guideline is adapted from
DOE Order $400.5, April 1990; DOE Guidelines for Residual Radioactive Material at Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial
Action Program and Remote Surplus Facilities Management Program Sites, Rev. 2, March 1987; and DOE Radiological
Control Manual, DOE N 5480.6 (DOE/EH-256T), June 1992. The guideline is reported as maximum/average/removable.
The independent survey showed that alpha levels were within the DOE guidelines 5000/15000/1000.

Legal Basis: DOE Order 5400.5

Target Risk Level: not stated

Other Contaminants in structural material/equipment - concrete/brick st this Subsite: beta-gamma

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