[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 18 (Thursday, January 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 5160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1958]
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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: HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of
employees at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago, Illinois, as an
addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On
January 16, 2009, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class
of employees as an addition to the SEC:
All AWE employees who worked at the Metallurgical Laboratory in
Chicago, Illinois, from August 13, 1942 through June 30, 1946, 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 will become effective on February 15, 2009, 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: January 26, 2009.
Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-1958 Filed 1-28-09; 8:45 am]
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