[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 52798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7486]


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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 Plant, 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 8, 2006, the Secretary of HHS designated 
the following class of employees an addition to the SEC:

    Department of Energy (DOE) employees or DOE contractor or 
subcontractor employees who were monitored or should have been 
monitored for:
    (1) Thorium exposures while working in Building 9201-3, 9202, 
9204-1, 9204-3, 9206, or 9212 at Y-12 for a number of work days 
aggregating at least 250 work days from January 1948 through 
December 1957 or in combination with work days within the parameters 
(excluding aggregate work day requirements) established for one or 
more classes of employees in the SEC; or
    (2) Radionuclide exposures associated with cyclotron operations 
in Building 9201-2 at Y-12 for a number of work days aggregating at 
least 250 work days from January 1948 through December 1957 or in 
combination with work days within the parameters (excluding 
aggregate work day requirements) established for one or more classes 
of employees in the SEC.

    This designation will become effective on September 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 
provisions 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].

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 06-7486 Filed 9-6-06; 8:45 am]
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