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b. Documents or statements provided 

by affidavit indicating that 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. 

c. A report from a health physicist or 

other individual with expertise in 

radiation dose reconstruction 

documenting the limitations of existing 

DOE records on radiation exposures at 

the facility, as relevant to the petition. 

d. A scientific or technical report, 

issued by an agency of the Executive 

Branch of Government, 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. 

NIOSH Finding: NIOSH has 

established that it has access to 

sufficient information to estimate the 

maximum radiation dose incurred by 

any member of the class as identified 

above, or estimate radiation doses more 

precisely than a maximum dose 

estimate. Information available from the 

Rocky Flats Site Profile document and 

additional resources is sufficient to 

estimate the maximum internal and 

external potential exposure to members 

of the proposed class under plausible 

circumstances during the specified 

period. 

3. Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada 

Qualified Petitioner: DOE contractor 

or subcontractor employee who would 

be included in the proposed class of 

employees. 

Initial Proposed Class Definition, 

Subject to Revision as Warranted by the 

Evaluation: Employees of the DOE or 

DOE contractors or subcontractors who 

worked at the Nevada Test Site during 

the period January 27, 1951 through 

December 31, 1962. 

Basis of the Petition: NIOSH has 

determined that there is insufficient 

information to complete a dose 

reconstruction for the employee 

identified in the petition, and NIOSH 

has notified the employee, Department 

of Labor (DOL), and DOE of this finding. 

HHS will consider this finding 

sufficient, without further 

consideration, to determine that it is not 

feasible to estimate the levels of 

radiation doses of members of the class 

with sufficient accuracy. 

NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed 

Class Definition: NIOSH does not have 

access to sufficient information to 

estimate the potential internal radiation 

dose with sufficient accuracy for 

employees of the DOE or DOE 

contractors or subcontractors who 

worked at the Nevada Test Site during 

the period January 27, 1951 through 

December 31, 1962. NIOSH has 

determined that health was endangered 

for those workers who were employed 

for at least 250 aggregated work days 

within the parameters established for 

this class or in combination with work 

days within the parameters for one or 

more classes of employees in the SEC. 

4. Pacific Proving Ground, Marshall 

Islands 

Qualified Petitioner: Survivor of 

former DOE or DOE contractor or 

subcontractor employee. 

Initial Proposed Class Definition, 

Subject to Revision as Warranted by the 

Evaluation: All Scientists and Scientific 

Couriers that worked on Enewetak 

Atoll, Pacific Proving Grounds, Marshall 

Islands, from July 1, 1958 until August 

31, 1958 (Operation Hardtack I). 

Basis of the Petition: Documentation 

or statements provided by affidavit 

indicating that radiation exposures and 

doses to members of the proposed class 

were not monitored, either through 

personal or area monitoring. 

NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed 

Class Definition: NIOSH does not have 

access to sufficient information to 

document or estimate either the 

potential maximum internal radiation 

dose, or to estimate such radiation doses 

more precisely than a maximum dose 

estimate for employees of the DOE or 

DOE contractors or subcontractors who 

were monitored or should have been 

monitored for exposures to ionizing 

radiation as a result of nuclear weapons 

testing, under plausible circumstances 

during the period of Atomic Energy 

Commission operations at the Pacific 

Proving Ground, 1946 through 1962. 

NIOSH has determined that health was 

endangered for those workers who were 

employed for at least 250 aggregated 

work days within the parameters 

established for this class or in 

combination with work days within the 

parameters for one or more classes of 

employees in the SEC. 

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. 

Dated: April 13, 2006. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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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 

Feed Materials Production Center 

(FMPC), Fernald, OH 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

Feed Materials Production Center 

(FMPC), Fernald, Ohio, 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: Feed Materials Production 

Center (FMPC), Fernald, Ohio. 

Location: All locations. 

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All 

employees of the Department of Energy 

(DOE), DOE contractors and 

subcontractors. 

Period of Employment: January 1, 

1951 through December 31, 1989. 

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. 

Dated: April 13, 2006. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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