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Dow Chemical Company
(Site Profile Number 113)

Location: Madison, Illinois

Also known as: Consolidated Aluminum
                         Madison Site (Spectrulite)
                         Spectrulite Consortium, Inc.

Site Profile

  • Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals
    (Approved December 13, 2006)
    this document in PDF PDF 394 KB (57 pages)

    About this Document: This document provides an exposure matrix for workers at AWE facilities that performed metal-working operations with uranium metal. Over 110 facilities performed these operations, and this document intends to provide guidance for dose reconstruction at any of these facilities. The main body of this document, in Sections 2-6, includes general discussions of operations and exposure conditions at these facilities. Following the main body of this document is a collection of appendices, with one appendix for each AWE site that performed metal-working operations. Each appendix contains site-specific information that can be used for dose reconstruction. For those sites where this information is insufficient or totally lacking, the dose reconstructor must use information in the main body of the Site Profile.

    Appendices:
    Appendix C -- Dow Chemical Company (Madison Site)
    (Approved September 8, 2008)
    this document in PDF PDF 140 KB (13 pages)

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Comments on Dow Chemical Company Documents

How to Submit Comments
Comments on Dow Chemical Company documents can be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Officer electronically by e-mail at NIOCINDOCKET@cdc.gov or printed comments can be mailed to NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS-C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226. Please include the Site Profile Number (113) on all comments.

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Documents Related to Dow Chemical Company

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Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for Dow Chemical Company

  • Class Added to the SEC

    Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who were monitored or should have been monitored for exposure to thorium radionuclides while working at the Dow Chemical Company site in Madison, Illinois for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days from January 1, 1957 through December 31, 1960, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.

  • Petition Information

    Location: Madison, Illinois

    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All Atomic Weapons Employer employees who were monitored, or should have been monitored, for exposure to ionizing radiation while working for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort

    Period of Employment: January 1, 1957 through December 21, 1960

  • Federal Register Notice Announcing that Dow Chemical Company SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation
    December 14, 2006
    this document in PDF PDF 44 KB (1 page)

  • Copy of the Petition Received
    Dow Chemical Company Petition
    this document in PDF PDF 4.0 MB (124 pages)

    Attachments to the petition:

    Meeting transcript from July 21, 2006
    this document in PDF PDF 3.5 MB (289 pages)

    Meeting transcript from August 11, 2006
    this document in PDF PDF 346 KB (269 pages)

    Meeting transcript from August 22, 2006
    this document in PDF PDF 2.5 MB (94 pages)

    Affidavits of former Dow Madison employees regarding thorium
    this document in PDF PDF 2.3 MB (46 pages)
  • SEC Petition Evaluation Report
    Dow Chemical Company SEC Petition Evaluation Report
    this document in PDF PDF 127 KB (18 pages)

    Addendum 1 to Dow Madison SEC Evaluation Report
    this document in PDF PDF 137 KB (25 pages)

    Addendum 2 to Dow Madison SEC Evaluation Report
    this document in PDF PDF 147 KB (34 pages)

  • Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
    An update of the Dow Chemical Company SEC petition was discussed on February 8, 2007, during an Advisory Board meeting.

    The Advisory Board discussed the petition on May 3, 2007, during its regular meeting.

    The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board on January 10, 2008, during its regular meeting.

    The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board on June 25, 2008, during its regular meeting.

  • Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
    Advisory Board Recommendation on the Dow SEC Petition
    this document in PDF PDF 471 KB (2 pages)

  • HHS Letter to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
    HHS letter to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
    this document in PDF PDF 686 KB (6 pages)

  • Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
    Designation of a Class of Employees from Dow Chemical Company for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
    this document in PDF PDF 63 KB (2 pages)

  • HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC
    HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC
    this document in PDF PDF 461 KB (4 pages)

  • Effective Date for the SEC Class
    July 22, 2007

  • Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
    August 7, 2007
    this document in PDF PDF 46 KB (1 page)

  • Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC
    July 30, 2007
    this document in PDF PDF 25 KB (1 page)

  • Letter from DOL Regarding the Return of All Cases for the New SEC Class
    Not applicable at this time.
    (Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)

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Page last updated: September 24, 2008
Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

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