[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 75119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29246]


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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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 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 Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory in 
Middletown, Connecticut, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On October 24, 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 employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor 
agencies, and DOE contractors or subcontractors who worked at the 
Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory in Middletown, CT, 
from January 1, 1958 through December 31, 1965 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 November 23, 2008, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on November 23, 
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 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated: December 5, 2008.
Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-29246 Filed 12-9-08; 8:45 am]
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