[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 139 (Friday, July 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 41357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16468]
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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 Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC)
facility in 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, 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:
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 became effective on June 29, 2008, as provided for
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on June 29, 2008,
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 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) or directly at 1-
513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can
also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].
Dated: July 2, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-16468 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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