[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 184 (Friday, September 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 55477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7971]


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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 Diseases 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 Y-12 Plant, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to 
the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On August 8, 
2006, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS 
designated the following class of employees as an additional to the 
SEC:

    Department of Energy (DOE) employees or DOE contractor or 
subcontractor employees who were monitored or should have been 
monitored for:
    (1) Thorium exposures while working in Building 9201-3, 9202, 
9204-1, 9204-3, 9206, or 9212 at Y-12 for a number of work days 
aggregating at least 250 work days from January 1948 through 
December 1957 or in combination with work days within the parameters 
(excluding aggregate work day requirements) established for one or 
more classes of employee in the SEC; or
    (2) Radiouclide exposures associated with cyclotron operations 
in Building 9201-2 at Y-12 for a number of work days aggregating at 
least 250 work days from January 1947 through December 1957 or in 
combination with work days within the parameters (excluding 
aggregate work day requirements) established for one or more classes 
of employees in the SEC.

    This designation became effective on September 7, 2006, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7484l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on September 7, 
2006, 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: September 18, 2006.
John Howard,
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 06-7971 Filed 9-21-06; 8:45 am]
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