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Site Profile
Summary Site Profile for the Pacific Proving Grounds
(Approved August 30, 2006)
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About this document: New document to describe the Pacific Proving Ground and other
oceanic test locations to enable the preparation of dose reconstructions.
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Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs)
At the current time, there are no TIBs for the Pacific Proving Grounds.
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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 PPG 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 the Pacific Proving Grounds:
At the current time, worker outreach activities have not been scheduled.
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Comments on PPG Documents
How to Submit Comments
Comments on Pacific Proving Grounds 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 (080) on all comments.
Comments Received
At this time, no comments have been submitted on Pacific Proving Grounds Site Profile.
Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for Pacific Proving Grounds
- Class Added to the SEC
- Pacific Proving Grounds--Department of Energy (DOE) employees or
DOE contractor or subcontractor employees who worked at the Pacific Proving Grounds (PPG) from 1946 through 1962 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 (excluding aggregate work day requirements) established for other classes of employees included in the SEC, and who were monitored or should have been monitored.
- Petition Information
Location: Enewetak Atoll
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All scientists
and scientific couriers
Period of Employment: July 1, 1958 until August 31, 1958 (Operation Hardtack I)
- Federal Register Notice Announcing that the Pacific Proving Grounds SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation
May 5, 2005
PDF 52 KB (1 page)
- Copy of the Petition Received
PPG Petition
PDF 3.44 MB (14 pages)
- SEC Petition Evaluation Report
SEC Petition Evaluation Report: Petition SEC-00020
PDF 241 KB (38 pages)
SEC Petition Evaluation Report Supplement: Pacific Proving Ground
PDF 54 KB (6 pages)
Additional Information Regarding the PPG SEC Petition:
DTRA Response to NIOSH Evaluation of SEC PPG Petition
PDF 54 KB (6 pages)
Summary of Changes to the FIIDOS Software, 1985 - Present
PDF 17 KB (4 pages)
DTRA's NTPR Technical Report Publication Plans
PDF 7 KB (1 page)
- Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
The Advisory Board discussed the PPG petition on January 25, 2006. At that time, the Advisory Board elected to continue their discussions on the PPG SEC petition at their next regular meeting set for April 25-27, 2006.
The Advisory Board continued their discussions on the PPG petition on April 26, 2006. A copy of the transcript from the April 26, 2006, Advisory Board meeting is below:
April 26, 2006
PDF 793 KB (436 pages)
- Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
PPG SEC petition (1946 to 1962)
PDF 548 KB (2 pages)
- HHS Letter to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
PPG from 1946 through 1962, SEC Petition
PDF 278 KB (7 pages)
- Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees
for Addition to the SEC
July 13, 2006
PDF 45 KB (1 page)
- HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC
Designating a Class of Employees from Pacific Proving Grounds, Enewetak Atoll
PDF 197 KB (5 pages)
- Effective Date for the SEC Class
July 26, 2006
- Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the SEC
Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees from Pacific Proving Grounds to the SEC
PDF 51 KB (1 page)
- Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC
Letter to DOL regarding the Pacific Proving Grounds SEC class
PDF 36 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: April 29, 2008
Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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