[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 24 (Friday, February 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 6292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2559]


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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 Bliss 
& Laughlin Steel Facility, in Buffalo, 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 Bliss 
& Laughlin Steel facility, in Buffalo, NY, 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: Bliss & Laughlin Steel facility.
    Location: Buffalo, NY.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees.
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1998.

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: February 2, 2009.
Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-2559 Filed 2-5-09; 8:45 am]
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