Radiation Dose Reconstruction

Harshaw Chemical Company
(Site Profile/Docket Number 087)

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Also known as: Harshaw Filtrol Partners
                         Uranium Refinery

Site Profile

Revision Includes: Tables 5-6 and A-7 were modified and Figures A-3, A-4, A-5, A-8, A-9, and A-10 were replaced to correct an error in Rev 00. Figures A-1, A-2, A-6, and A-7 replaced to match the formatting of the modified figures. The footnote to Table B-25 was modified to clarify that the intakes listed are in terms of total alpha. The text in Section 5.9.5 was also modified to reflect this clarification. No comments were received as a result of formal internal review. Incorporates formal NIOSH review comments.

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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.

• PER 34: Harshaw Chemical Company TBD Revision
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  Document Number: DCAS-PER-034 Rev-0
  
  About this Document: Determines affect of revising the Harshaw TBD on previously completed claims.
  
  Approved: December 9, 2011
  
  Summary: Several editorial changes and clarifications were included in the revision however these changes do not affect the estimated dose. Some changes may have decreased the dose but the only significant increase in the dose estimate is caused by an increase in the estimated intake rate for type S uranium from 12/1/1949 to 12/31/1953. The values are listed in Table 5-6 of both revisions.

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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 Harshaw Chemical Company:

At the current time, worker outreach activities have not been scheduled.

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Comments on Harshaw Chemical Company Documents

How to Submit Comments
Comments on Harshaw 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 (087) on all comments.

Comments Received

At this time, no comments have been submitted on the Harshaw Chemical Company Site Profile.

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Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for Harshaw Chemical Company

• Classes Added to the SEC
  
  Atomic Weapons employees who were monitored or should have been monitored while working at the Harshaw Harvard-Denison Plant located at 1000 Harvard Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, from August 14, 1942, through November 30, 1949, and who were employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.
  
  
• Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
  
  Location: Cleveland, Ohio
  
  Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers at Harshaw Chemical Company plant and the laboratories of the separate facility located at 1945 East 97th Street
  
  Period of Employment: January 1, 1942 through November 30, 1949
  
  
• Federal Register Notice Announcing that the Harshaw Chemical Company SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation
  August 4, 2006
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• Copy of the Petition Received
  Copy of the Harshaw Chemical Company SEC Petition received
  (July 24, 2006)
  PDF 757 KB (2 pages)
  
  
• SEC Petition Evaluation Report
  SEC Petition Evaluation Report for Harshaw Chemical Company
  (December 5, 2006)
  PDF 143 KB (24 pages)
  
  
• Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
  The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board during its December 11-13, 2006, meeting in Naperville, Illinois.
  
  
• Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
  Advisory Board recommendation regarding Harshaw Chemical Company SEC Petition (August 14, 1942 through November 30, 1949)
  (January 2, 2007)
   PDF 386 KB (2 pages)
  
  
• HHS Letter to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
  HHS letter to Congress regarding the Harshaw Chemical Company SEC Petition
  (February 1, 2007)
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• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
  Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the SEC for Harshaw Chemical Company
  (March 1, 2007)
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• HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC
  HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC for Harshaw Chemical Company
  (February 1, 2007)
  PDF 177 KB (4 pages)
  
  
• Effective Date for the SEC Class
  March 3, 2007
  
  
• Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
  Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the SEC for Harshaw Chemical Company
  (March 16, 2007)
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• Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC
  Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC for Harshaw Chemical Company
  (March 8, 2007)
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Previous Versions of Harshaw Chemical Company Documents

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