[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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