[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 240 (Friday, December 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 75720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29391]
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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 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, 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 will become effective on November 23, 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: December 8, 2008.
Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-29391 Filed 12-11-08; 8:45 am]
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