[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 134 (Thursday, July 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 39683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11029]



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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 Pacific Proving 
Grounds, Enewetak Atoll, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On June 26, 2006, 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 at the Pacific Proving Grounds 
(PPG) from 1946 through 1962 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, and who were monitored or should have 
been monitored.

    This designation will become effective on July 26, 2006, unless 
Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this 
effective date, 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: July 5, 2006.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-11029 Filed 7-12-06; 8:45 am]
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