[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: E5-7811]


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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 Works, Destrehan Street 
Facility, in St. Louis, Missouri, as an addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On October 14, 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:

    Department of Energy (DOE) employees or DOE contractor or 
subcontractor employees who worked in the Uranium Division at the 
Destrehan Street Facility of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works from 1949 
to 1957 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 November 13, 2005, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on November 13, 
2005, members of this class 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].

    Dated: December 20, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E5-7811 Filed 12-23-05; 8:45 am]
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