[Federal Register: September 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 186)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice 
of a decision to designate a class of employees at the Y-12 facility, 
in Oak Ridge, Tennessee as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On August 25, 2005, the Secretary of HHS 
designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:
    Department of Energy (DOE) employees or DOE contractor or 
subcontractor employees who worked in uranium enrichment operations or 
other radiological activities at the Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee from March 1943 through December 1947 and who were employed 
for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, either 
solely under this employment or in combination with work days of 
employment occurring within the parameters (excluding aggregate work 
day requirements) established for other classes of employees included 
in the SEC.
    This designation will become effective on September 24, 2005, 
unless Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After 
this effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the Federal Register 
reporting the addition of this class to the SEC or the result of any 
provision by Congress regarding the decision by HHS to add the class to 
the SEC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 
45226, Telephone 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to OCAS@CDC.GOV.

    Dated: September 20, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-19224 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45 am]

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