[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37409-37410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12831]


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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 Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAP), in Burlington, Iowa 
as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On May 
20, 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 Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Line 
1, during the period from March 1949 through 1974 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 June 19, 2005, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on June 19, 2005, 
members of this class

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of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members of the 
Special Exposure Cohort.

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].

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-12831 Filed 6-28-05; 8:45 am]
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