[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 208 (Monday, October 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61167-61168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21177]


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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).

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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 Hanford Engineer Works, Richland, Washington, as an 
addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 
September 12, 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 internal radiological exposures while 
working at the Hanford Engineer Works in: the 300 Area fuel 
fabrication and research facilities from October 1, 1943 through 
August 31, 1946; the 200 Area plutonium separation facilities from 
November 1, 1944 through August 31, 1946; or the 100 B, D, and F 
reactor areas from September 1, 1944 through August 31, 1946; 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 October 12, 2007, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on October 12, 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: October 23, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
 [FR Doc. E7-21177 Filed 10-26-07; 8:45 am]
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