[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71174-71175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9587]
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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 Los Alamos
National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 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 predecessor agencies and
their contractors or
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subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored for
exposure to ionizing radiation associated with radioactive lanthanum
(RaLa) operations at Technical Area 10 (Bayo Canyon Site), Technical
Area 35 (Ten Site), and Buildings H, Sigma, and U (located within
Technical Area 1) for a number of work days aggregating at least 250
work days during the period from September 1, 1944, through July 18,
1963, or in combination with work days within the parameters
established for one or more classes of employees 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.
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7384q, in a October 11, 2006 letter to
the Secretary of HHS, the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
(``the Board'') advised the Secretary of HHS to designate the class as
an addition to the SEC. The Board further stated,
``In their evaluation, NIOSH determined that it was difficult to
identify people who worked in these areas of LANL based on job
classifications. Therefore, the Board recommends that determination
of eligibility for this class take into account this difficulty and
in the absence of work history or other information to the contrary,
workers at the LANL facility during the period in question should be
presumed to have worked in the areas in question.''
Since determination of eligibility is not within the authority of
HHS, the Board's recommendation on this issue was not included in the
HHS designation.
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. 06-9587 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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