[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 71174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9586]
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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 Oak Ridge
Institute of Nuclear Studies Cancer Research Hospital, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000. On November 9, 2006, the Secretary of HHS designated the
following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:
Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE) predecessor agencies
and their contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or should
have been monitored while working at the Oak Ridge Institute of
Nuclear Studies Cancer Research Hospital from May 15, 1950, through
December 31, 1963, and who were employed for a number of work days
aggregating at least 250 work days or in combination with work days
within the parameters established for other classes of employees
included in the SEC.
This designation will become effective on December 9, 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: November 30, 2006.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational, Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 06-9586 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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