[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56470-56471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19225]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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 
of a decision to designate a class of employees at the Iowa Army 
Ammunition Plant, in Burlington, Iowa as an addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On August 25, 2005, the Secretary of 
HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the 
SEC:
    Department of Energy (DOE) employees or DOE contractor or 
subcontractor employees who worked as radiographers from May 1948 to 
March 1949 in support of Line 1 operations at the Iowa Army Ammunition 
Plant and who were employed for a number of work days aggregating at 
least 250 work days, occurring under this employment in combination 
with work days of employment occurring within the parameters (excluding 
aggregate work day requirements) established for other classes of 
employees included in the SEC.
    This designation will become effective on September 24, 2005, 
unless Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After 
this effective date,

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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, 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: September 20, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-19225 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45 am]
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