[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 98 (Friday, May 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 24013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12007]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Decision 
To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees for the 
University of Rochester in Rochester, NY, To Be Included in 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 as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision 
to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees for the 
University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, to be included in the 
Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. The initial proposed definition for 
the class being evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the 
evaluation, is as follows:
    Facility: University of Rochester.
    Location: Rochester, New York.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: Laboratory Technicians who worked in 
the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project laboratory building.
    Period of Employment: September 1, 1943 through June 19, 1945.

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. E9-12007 Filed 5-21-09; 8:45 am]
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