[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 17917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1761]


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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 General Atomics facility, La Jolla, 
California, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 
2000. On February 16, 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 Employer (AWE) employees who were monitored or 
should have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation while 
working at the General Atomics facility in La Jolla, California, at 
the following locations: Science Laboratories A, B, and C (Building 
2); Experimental Building (Building 9); Maintenance (Building 10); 
Service Building (Building 11); Buildings 21 and 22; Hot Cell 
Facility (Building 23); Waste Yard (Buildings 25 and 26); 
Experimental Area (Buildings 27 and 27-1); LINAC Complex (Building 
30); HTGR-TCF (Building 31); Fusion Building (Building 33); Fusion 
Doublet III (Building 34); SV-A (Building 37); SV-B (Building 39); 
and SV-D (no building number) for a number of work days aggregating 
at least 250 work days from January 1, 1960, through December 31, 
1969, 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 18, 2007, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on March 18, 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: April 5, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07-1761 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]
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