[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 13853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2588]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees 
at the Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada, To Be Included in 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 
as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to 
designate a class of employees at the Nevada Test Site, Mercury, 
Nevada, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The 
initial proposed definition for the class being evaluated, subject to 
revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows:
    Facility: Nevada Test Site.
    Location: Mercury, Nevada.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: Workers potentially exposed to above-
ground weapons testing.
    Period of Employment: 1951 to 1963.

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: March 10, 2006.
John Howard,
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 06-2588 Filed 3-16-06; 8:45 am]
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