[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 13237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4866]


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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 Mound Plant, 
near Dayton, Ohio, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 
under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000. On March 3, 2008, the Secretary of HHS designated the 
following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

    Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor 
agencies, and DOE contractors or subcontractors who worked in any 
area at the Mound Plant site from October 1, 1949, through February 
28, 1959, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work 
days 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 April 2, 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: March 5, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-4866 Filed 3-11-08; 8:45 am]
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