[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 51 (Friday, March 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12617-12618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1273]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Final
Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the
Special Exposure Cohort
AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice
concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of
employees at the Harshaw Harvard-Denison Plant in Cleveland, Ohio, as
an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On
February 1, 2007, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), the
Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an
addition to the SEC:
Atomic Weapons employees who were monitored or should have been
monitored while working at the Harshaw Harvard-Denison Plant located
at 1000 Harvard Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio from August 14, 1942
through November 30, 1949, 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 one or more other
classes of employees in the Special Exposure, Cohort.
This designation became effective on March 3, 2007, as provided for
under 42
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U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on March 3, 2007, members of this
class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members
of the Special Exposure Cohort.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), 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: March 12, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07-1273 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am]
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