[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 12 (Friday, January 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 2528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-194]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Decision
to Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at Hanford
Nuclear Reservation, Richland, WA, To Be Included in 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
as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to
designate a class of employees at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation,
Richland, Washington, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort
under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act of 2000. The initial proposed definition for the class being
evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as
follows:
Facility: Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Location: Richland,Washington.
Job Title and/or Job Duties: All former Dupont production workers
in the 100 area and the 300 area and all 200 area production workers
and all guards and construction workers.
Period of Employment: January 1, 1943 through September 1, 1946 for
former Dupont production workers in the 100 and 300 areas and December
1, 1944 through September 1, 1946 for all 200 area production workers
and all guards and construction workers.
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: January 12, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07-194 Filed 1-18-07; 8:45 am]
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