[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 71175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9588]
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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
Thermal Diffusion Plant (S-50), 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 predecessor agencies and
their contractors and subcontractors who were monitored or should
have been monitored while working at the S-50 Oak Ridge Thermal
Diffusion Plant working for a number of work days aggregating at
least 250 work day during the period from July 9, 1944, through
December 31, 1951, or in combination with work days within the
parameters established for one or more other 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.
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 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. 06-9588 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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