[Federal Register: October 3, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 190)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Final Effect of 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 
concerning the final effect of the HHS 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, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), 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 became effective on September 24, 2005, as 
provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on 
September 24, 2005, members of this class of employees, defined as 
reported in this notice, became members of the Special Exposure Cohort.

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 26, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-19674 Filed 9-30-05; 8:45 am]

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