[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 98 (Monday, May 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 29527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition 
to the Special Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice 
concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of 
employees at the Mallinckrodt Chemical Company, Destrehan Street Plant, 
in Saint Louis, Missouri, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On April 11, 2005, 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:

    Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE) or DOE contractors 
or subcontractors employed by the Uranium Division of Mallinckrodt 
Chemical Works, Destrehan Street Facility, during the period from 
1942 through 1948 and who were employed for a number of work days 
aggregating at least 250 work days either solely under this 
employment or in combination with work days within the parameters 
(excluding aggregate work day requirements) established for other 
classes of employees included in the SEC.

    This designation became effective on May 12, 2005, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 73841(14) (C) Hence, beginning on May 12, 2005, members 
of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became 
members of the SEC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, 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: May 17, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-10177 Filed 5-20-05; 8:45 am]
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