[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76459-76460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7810]


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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 Linde Ceramics 
Plant, in Tonawanda, New York as an addition to the Special Exposure 
Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On December 8, 2005, the Secretary of 
HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the 
SEC:

    Atomic weapons employees who worked at the Linde Ceramic Plant 
from October 1, 1942, through October 31, 1947, and who were 
employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work 
days, either solely under this employment or in

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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 January 7, 2006, 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 [email protected].

    Dated: December 20, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5-7810 Filed 12-23-05; 8:45 am]
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