[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 208 (Monday, October 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 61167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21222]


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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 Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, 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:

    Sheet metal workers, physical plant maintenance and associated 
support staff (including all maintenance shop personnel), and 
supervisory staff who were monitored or should have been monitored 
for potential internal radiation exposures associated with the 
maintenance and renovation activities of the thorium production 
areas in Wilhelm Hall (a.k.a. the Metallurgy Building or ``Old'' 
Metallurgy Building) at the Ames Laboratory from January 1, 1955, 
through December 31, 1970, 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. E7-21222 Filed 10-26-07; 8:45 am]
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