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Linde Ceramics Plant
(Site Profile Number 049)

Location: Tonawanda, New York

Also known as: Linde Air
                         Praxair
                         Tonawanda Laboratory

Technical Basis Document


An Exposure Matrix for Linde Ceramics Plant (including Tonawanda Laboratory)
(Revised November 4, 2008)
this document in PDF PDF 638 KB (102 pages)

Revision Includes: Change from a page change revision (Rev 00 PC-2-B) to a total rewrite (Rev 01-A) as a result of formal NIOSH review. Revised to incorporate: (1) change in facility designation, (2) DOL interpretation of applicability of residual period to Ceramics Plant, (3) and resolution of Advisory Board Working Group comments, (4) clarified the implementation instructions for SEC00044 for the period October 1, 1942 through October 31, 1947. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments. Constitutes a total rewrite of the document.

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Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs)

At the current time, there are no TIBs for the Linde Ceramics Plant (including Tonawanda Laboratory).

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Program Evaluation Reports (PERs) and Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs)

NIOSH is committed to applying the best available science in dose reconstructions. In keeping with this commitment, completed cases with probabilities of causation less than 50% are reviewed as relevant new information becomes available. The results of these reviews are described in a Program Evaluation Report (PER). The PER details the effect, if any, of the new information on the completed dose reconstruction. If it appears that the compensability of a completed dose reconstruction may be effected, NIOSH is committed to working with the Department of Labor to reopen and rework the dose reconstruction, as appropriate. A Program Evaluation Plan (PEP) describes plans for evaluating specific program details or issues.

At the current time, no PERs or PEPs specific to Linde Ceramics Plant have been developed. However, we have developed PERs and PEPs that pertain to multiple sites. To view all PERs and PEPs that have been developed, please refer to the Program Evaluation Reports (PERs) and Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs) page.

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Worker Outreach Activities

Based on a recommendation from the Advisory Board to provide workers and site experts with opportunities to participate in developing the technical documents used in dose reconstruction, NIOSH established a Worker Outreach Program.

At Worker Outreach Meetings, current and former DOE and AWE employees have opportunities to obtain information about Site Profiles, Technical Basis Documents, and Technical Information Bulletins, and to provide information for consideration and possible use in dose reconstruction. This process is valuable to ensure that the technical documents used in dose reconstruction contain correct and useful information.

Below are the Worker Outreach Activities for Linde Ceramics Plant:

  • June 27, 2005
    Meeting with United Steelworkers Local 1-00277

    Final Minutes
    this document in PDF PDF 122 KB (33 pages)

  • April 18, 2005
    Meeting with PACE/United Steelworkers of America Local 1-00277

    Final Minutes
    this document in PDF PDF 94 KB (11 pages)

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Advisory Board Work Group on Linde Ceramics Site Profile


(Task completed June 26, 2008)

This Work Group is responsible to review the Linde Ceramics Site Profile, to review the SC&A Review of the Linde Ceramics Site Profile, to consider issues raised by SC&A concerning the site profile, and to assist NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The Work Group may recommend to the Board changes in the site profile as appropriate.
  • Work Group Members
    Genevieve Roessler-Chair
    Josie Beach
    Michael Gibson
    James Lockey
  • Meeting Information

    • June 23
      Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Linde Ceramics

      Millennium Hotel Complex
      200 S. 4th Street
      St. Louis, MO 631121
      (314) 241-9500

      4:30-6:00 p.m. (Central time)

      This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. Teleconference call access is available for this meeting and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the meeting via the teleconference call access, you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant code: 9933701.

      Agenda items will be provided at a later date.

      Transcript
      this document in PDF PDF 108 KB (56 pages)

      Please note that as part of the procedures and processes of the Advisory Board's Work Groups, several kinds of pre-decisional documents may be developed. These documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.


    • June 6, 2008
      Teleconference meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Linde Ceramics

      10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time)

      This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. Teleconference call access is available for this meeting and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the meeting via the teleconference call access, you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant code: 9933701.

      Agenda items will be provided at a later date.

      Transcript
      this document in PDF PDF 62 KB (36 pages)

      Please note that as part of the procedures and processes of the Advisory Board's Work Groups, several kinds of pre-decisional documents may be developed. These documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.

    • January 8, 2008
      Advisory Board Working Group on Linde Ceramics Site Profile
      Suncoast Hotel and Casino
      9090 Alta Drive
      Las Vegas, Nevada
      (702) 636-7050

      8:00 a.m. (Mountain Time)
      Room: Madrid A

      This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. Teleconference call access is available for this meeting and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the meeting via the teleconference call access, you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant code: 9933701.

      Transcript
      this document in PDF PDF 124 KB (82 pages)

    • March 26, 2007
      Meeting of the Advisory Board Working Group on Linde Ceramics Site Profile
      Cincinnati Airport Marriott
      2395 Progress Dr.
      Hebron, KY 41048
      (859) 586-0166

      1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

      This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. Teleconference call access is available for this meeting and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the meeting via the teleconference call access, you must dial 1-888-889-5822. To be automatically connected to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant code: 56806.

      Agenda: This meeting has been scheduled to discuss the Linde Ceramics Site Profile.

      Transcript
      this document in PDF PDF 165 KB (113 pages)

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Comments on Linde Ceramics Plant Documents

How to Submit Comments
Comments on Linde Ceramics Plant 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 (049) on all comments.

Comments Received

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Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for the Linde Ceramics Plant

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Previous Versions of Linde Ceramics Plant Documents

  • An Exposure Matrix for Linde Ceramics Plant (including Tonawanda Laboratory)

    Page Change Revision January 19, 2006
    this document in PDF PDF 575 KB (96 pages)

    Page Change Revision Includes: Modified to incorporate comments from OCAS, a Worker Outreach meeting comment and minor editing. The Introduction on page 10 was updated. Dates were changed in Section 3.0 to incorporate the decision to designate Linde Ceramics workers, who received internal exposures prior to 11/01/1947, as a Special Exposure Cohort. Moved Table 12, an internal exposure table out of Section 4.0. Changes were made to page 23 in Section 3, page 34 in Table 7, page 35 in Table 8, page 38 in Table 11, and Table 12 on page 39. No sections were deleted.

  • Approved May 31, 2005
    this document in PDF PDF 513 KB (94 pages)

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Page last updated: November 6, 2008
Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
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