[Federal Register: August 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 159)] [Notices] [Page 47497] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr17au06-48] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at Blockson Chemical Company (Also Known As Olin Mathieson), Joliet, IL, 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Blockson Chemical Company (also known as Olin Mathieson), Jolit, Illinois, 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 a revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows: Facility: Blockson Chemical Company (also known as Olin Mathieson). Location: Joliet, Illinois. Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers who worked in Building 55 at the Blockson Chemical Company. Period of Employment: January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1962. 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: August 11, 2006. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 06-6985 Filed 8-16-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-19-M