[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 34305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13626]
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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 for Los Alamos
National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 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 for Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los
Alamos, New Mexico, 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: Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All service support workers (which
includes, but is not limited to, security guards, firefighters,
laborers, custodians, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, pipefitters,
sheet metal workers, ironworkers, welders, maintenance workers, truck
drivers, delivery persons, radiation technicians, and area work
coordinators) who worked in any operational Technical Areas with a
history of radioactive material use.
Period of Employment: January 1, 1976 through December 31, 2005.
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: June 5, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-13626 Filed 6-16-08; 8:45 am]
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