[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 3973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1018]



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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 Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in 
Apollo, Pennsylvania, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On November 29, 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:

    Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who were monitored or 
should have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation while 
working at the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) 
in Apollo, Pennsylvania from January 1, 1957, through December 31, 
1983, 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 December 29, 2007, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on December 29, 
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, 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: January 15, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
 [FR Doc. E8-1018 Filed 1-22-08; 8:45 am]
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