[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 76460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7811]
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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 Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Destrehan Street
Facility, in St. Louis, Missouri, as an addition to the Special
Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On October 14, 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 the Uranium Division at the
Destrehan Street Facility of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works from 1949
to 1957 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 within the parameters (excluding
aggregate work day requirements) established for other classes of
employees included in the SEC.
This designation became effective on November 13, 2005, as provided
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on November 13,
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 [email protected].
Dated: December 20, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5-7811 Filed 12-23-05; 8:45 am]
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