[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 88 (Friday, May 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 21688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10830]


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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: HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS 
decision to designate a class of employees at Tyson Valley Powder Farm 
near Eureka, Missouri, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On March 31, 2009, 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 Tyson 
Valley Powder Farm near Eureka, Missouri, from February 13, 1946 
through June 30, 1948, 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 SEC.

    This designation became effective on April 30, 2009, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on April 30, 2009, 
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].

Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-10830 Filed 5-7-09; 8:45 am]
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