[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 14388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7243]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

42 CFR Part 83

RIN 0920-ZA00


Procedure for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the 
Special Exposure Cohort Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is extending 
the comment period for the proposed rule on procedures for designating 
classes of employees as members of the Special Exposure Cohort under 
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Program Act (EEOICPA) that 
was published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 7, 2003.

DATES: Any public written comments on the proposed rule must be 
received on or before May 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Address written on the notice of proposed rulemaking to the 
NIOSH Docket Officer. Electronically e-mail comments to: 
[email protected]. Alternatively, submit printed comments to NIOSH 
Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS-C34, 4676 Columbia 
Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, 
Telephone 513-841-4498 (this is not a toll free number). Information 
requests may also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 7, 2003, HHS published a notice of 
proposed rulemaking proposing a procedure for designating classes of 
employees as members of the Special Exposure Cohort under EEOICPA, (See 
FR Vol. 68, No. 45, 11294). The notice included a public comment period 
that was to end on April 7, 2003. On March 7, 2003, NIOSH convened the 
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health to review the proposed 
rule. The Board recommended that the comment period be extended by 15 
days, for a total of 45 days, to ensure the public has adequate time to 
review and comment on the proposal. HHS agrees with the Board that a 
longer comment period is desirable, and is now providing for a 60-day 
comment period.
    To provide the public with additional time to review and comment on 
the proposed rule, HHS is extending the public comment period to May 6, 
2003.

    Dated: March 21, 2003.
Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-7243 Filed 3-21-03; 2:52 pm]
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