[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 76460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7807]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Employment and Training Administration Determination Concerning a 
Class of Employees Considered 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 that a class of employees at the National Bureau of 
Standards, Van Ness Street, Washington, DC, do not meet the statutory 
criteria for addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
(EEOICPA). On December 8, 2005, the Secretary of HHS determined, based 
on the decision by the Department of Energy to remove the site from the 
list of covered facilities, that the following class of employees do 
not meet the statutory requirements for covered employees under EEOICPA 
and thus do not meet the statutory requirements for the SEC:

    Physicists who worked in Building 2 at the National 
Bureau of Standards (NBS), Van Ness Street, Washington, DC, from 
1943 through 1952.

This determination may be subject to an administrative review within 
HHS, pursuant to 42 CFR 83.16(b).

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: December 20, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E5-7807 Filed 12-23-05; 8:45 am]
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