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Technical Basis Document
Technical Basis Document
for Atomic Energy Operations at Blockson Chemical Company, Joliet, Illinois
(Revised November 21, 2007)
 PDF 1.4 MB (46 pages)
Revision Includes: Changed footnote 2 of Table 4a and
footnote 3 of Table 12a to require
consideration of Type M and Type S
thorium in Building 55. Corrected an error
in the liver dose in Table 8. Corrected
errors in columns of Table 7 and resulting
graph in Figure 6. No other changes were
made.
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Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs)
At the current time, there are no TIBs for the Blockson Chemical Company.
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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 new information may result in an increase in dose for a completed dose reconstruction with a probability of causation of less than 50%, 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.
Program Evaluation Report: Blockson TBD Revision
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Document Number: OCAS-PER-0020 Rev-00
About this Document: New document to determine which
previously completed claims require
evaluation for the effect of revising the
Blockson TBD.
Approved: July 31, 2007
Summary: It is not possible to determine the magnitude of the change to dose without a new dose estimate. Since (as of issuance of this PER) no Blockson Chemical Company claims have yet been completed with the newest revision to the TBD, NIOSH is requesting that all Blockson Chemical Company claims with a Probability of Causation less than 50% be returned for a new estimate. A list of the entire population of the ninety-one potentially affected claims is attached. A new dose reconstruction will be completed for each of the claims using the latest revision to the Blockson TBD.
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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 Blockson Chemical Company:
- September 12, 2007
Meeting with former Blockson/Olin Chemical Company workers and survivors of former workers in Joliet, Illinois
Joliet Municipal Building
150 West Jefferson
Joliet, Illinois
Transcript
PDF 107 KB (32 pages)
- January 24 and 25, 2007
Meeting with former workers from Blockson Chemical Company, Joliet, Illinois
Joliet Municipal Building
150 West Jefferson
Joliet, Illinois
7:00 p.m.
Note: Former workers are welcome to attend either or both meetings and we encourage you to invite other workers who may have knowledge about the former Blockson Chemical Company. Please note that these meetings are not being held to discuss individual claims or concerns about the EEOICPA program. The meetings will be transcribed by a court reporter and the transcript will be made available to the public.
Transcript from January 24, 2007
PDF 3.7 MB (152 pages)
Minutes from January 25, 2007
PDF 155 KB (35 pages)
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Advisory Board Work Group on Blockson Chemical SEC
This Work Group is responsible to review the SEC petition from Blockson Chemical petitioners, to review the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, to consider issues raised by the Board's contractor (SC&A), and to assist NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The Work Group should strive to develop a recommendation to the Board on adding a class to the SEC.
- Work Group Members
Wanda Munn-Chair
Michael Gibson
James Melius
Genevieve Roessler
Bradley Clawson--Alternate
- Meeting Information
- January 23, 2009
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Blockson Chemical Company
12:30 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 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant code: 9933701.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
Transcript
PDF 63 KB (30 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.
- December 12, 2008
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Blockson Chemical Company
9:00 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.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
Transcript
PDF 177 KB (95 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.
- October 15, 2008
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Blockson Chemical Company
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:30 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.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
Transcript
PDF 280 KB (153 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 25, 2008
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Blockson Chemical Company
Millennium Hotel Complex
200 S. 4th Street
St. Louis, MO 631121
(314) 241-9500
4:00 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
PDF 200 KB (109 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 24, 2008
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Blockson Chemical Company
Millennium Hotel Complex
200 S. 4th Street
St. Louis, MO 631121
(314) 241-9500
5:15 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
PDF 200 KB (109 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 5, 2008
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on
Blockson Chemical Company
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:30 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
PDF 239 KB (171 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.
- November 19, 2007
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Blockson Chemical SEC
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. To access the meeting via the call-in 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.
An agenda will be available at a later date.
Transcript
PDF 54 KB (24 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.
- November 2, 2007
Teleconference Meeting of of the Advisory Board Work Group on Blockson Chemical SEC
11:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. To access the meeting via the call-in 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.
An agenda will be available at a later date.
Transcript
PDF 93 KB (59 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.
- August 28, 2007
Advisory Board Work Group Meeting
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
10:00 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 1-866-643-6504. To be automatically connected to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant code: 9448550.
Agenda: This meeting has been scheduled to discuss Blockson Chemical
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 9, 2007
Blockson Chemical Work Group Teleconference Meeting
5:30 p.m. (Eastern time)
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 1-866-643-6504. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9448550.
Agenda: To discuss Blockson Chemical.
Transcript
PDF 78 KB (49 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.
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Comments on Blockson Chemical Company Documents
How to Submit Comments
Comments on Blockson 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/Docket Number (013) on all comments.
Comments Received
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Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for Blockson Chemical Company
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Petition Information
NOTE: Two separate SEC Petitions have been received for the Blockson Chemical Company. Both petitions have qualified for evaluation.
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Location: Building 55
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: Utility Engineer, Laborer, Research Chemist, Relief Operator, Plant Operator, Maintenance and Pipefitter, Lead Mixer, Operator, and Supervisor HF Acid
Period of Employment: October 10, 1952 through December 31, 1962
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Location: Building 55
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers who worked in Building 55 at the Blockson Chemical Company
Period of Employment: January 1, 1951 through December 31, 1962
- Federal Register Notice Announcing that the Blockson Chemical Company SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications
for Review and Evaluation
March 27, 2006 (October 10, 1952 through December 31, 1962)
PDF 44 KB (1 page)
August 17, 2006 (January 1, 1951 through December 31, 1962)
PDF 46 KB (1 page)
- Copy of the Petition Received
Part 1
PDF 1.4 MB (32 pages)
Part 2
PDF 807 KB (32 pages)
- SEC Petition Evaluation Report
Blockson Chemical Company Evaluation Report
PDF 231 KB (50 pages)
- Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board on October 20, 2009, during its regular meeting.
The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board on December 11-13, 2006; July 18, 2007;
January 9, 2008; February 18, 2009; April 9, 2008; and July 28, 2009, during its regular meeting.
- Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
Not applicable at this time.
- HHS Letter to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
Not applicable at this time.
(Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
- Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees
for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
Not applicable at this time.
(Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
- HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC
Not applicable at this time.
(Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
- Effective Date for the SEC Class
Not applicable at this time.
(Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
- Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
Not applicable at this time.
(Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
- Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC
Not applicable at this time.
(Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
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Miscellaneous Documents Regarding Blockson Chemical Company
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Previous Versions of Blockson Chemical Company Documents
- Technical Basis Document for Atomic Energy Operations at Blockson Chemical Company, Joliet, Illinois
- Revised June 20, 2007
PDF 1.5 MB (46 pages)
Revision Includes: Incorporated review comments. Revised internal and external dose modeling. Added additional site information and radiological data discussion. Changes results in an increase of dose, and a PER is required.
- Revised September 11, 2006
PDF 1.3 MB (27 pages)
Revision Includes: Incorporates resolution
of review comments. This supersedes ORAUT-TKBS-0002 (previously
revised document dated June 29, 2004).
- Technical Basis Document for the Development of an Exposure Matrix for Blockson Chemical Company
- SEC Petition Evaluation Report
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Page last updated: October 6, 2009
Page last reviewed: June 9, 2009
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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