[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68883-68884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23748]
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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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 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 Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All Atomic Weapons Employer
employees.
Period of Employment: August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1945;
and
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees of the Department of
Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, and DOE contractors or
subcontractors, who worked in the Hood Building.
Period of Employment: January 13, 1946 through December 31, 1963.
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: November 30, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E7-23748 Filed 12-5-07; 8:45 am]
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