[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 56360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19528]


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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 Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado, as an addition to 
the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On August 6, 
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:

    Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor 
agencies, or DOE contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or 
should have been monitored for neutron exposures while working at 
the Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado, for a number of work days 
aggregating at least 250 work days from January 1, 1959, through 
December 31, 1966, 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 September 5, 2007, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on September 5, 
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: September 26, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E7-19528 Filed 10-2-07; 8:45 am]
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