[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 37460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14827]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health;
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
of a decision to designate a class of employees at the Nuclear
Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) facility, Parks Township,
Pennsylvania, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000. On May 30, 2008, the Secretary of HHS designated the following
class of employees as an addition to the SEC:
All Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who worked at the
Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) facility in
Parks Township, Pennsylvania, from June 1, 1960, through December
31, 1980, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work
days occurring either solely under this employment 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 will become effective on June 29, 2008, unless
Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this
effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the Federal Register
reporting the addition of this class to the SEC or the result of any
provision by Congress regarding the decision by HHS to add the class to
the SEC.
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 16, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-14827 Filed 6-30-08; 8:45 am]
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