Lake Ontario Ordnance Works Information

Alternative Names

• LOOW
• Niagara Falls Storage Site
• NFSS

Type of Facility

• Department of Energy

Covered by EEOICPA

• Part B and Part E

EEOICPA Covered Years

• 1944-1997 

Contractors

• 1953-1958 Hooker Electrochemical
• 1958-1964 Page Airways
• 1964-April 17, 1967) Nuclear Materials and Equipment Company (NUMEC)
• April 18, 1967-1971 NUMEC II
• 1971-1981 National Lead Company of Ohio
• 1981-1997Bechtel National

Army Corps of Engineers

• FUSRAP-Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste

DOE

• DOE Facility List by Name

DOL

• Tracking your DOL Claim Status
• Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
• Ombudsman's Office
• Resource Center
• DOL Case and Claim Statistics
• Site Exposure Matrix
• Approved Special Exposure Cohorts
• Bulletin 10-02: Lake Ontario Ordnance Works (LOOW) SEC Class

NIOSH

• Tracking your NIOSH Case Status
• Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
• NIOSH Case Statistics
• Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
  • Petition 145: "All employees of DOE, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at Lake Ontario Ordnance Works in Niagara Falls, New York, from January 1, 1944 through December 31, 1953, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the SEC."
• Work Site Information

Other Resources

• BTComp Contractor/Subcontractor Database