[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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