[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 12 (Friday, January 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 2528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-194]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Decision 
to Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at Hanford 
Nuclear Reservation, Richland, WA, To Be Included in the Special 
Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
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 Hanford Nuclear Reservation, 
Richland, Washington, 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: Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
    Location: Richland,Washington.
    Job Title and/or Job Duties: All former Dupont production workers 
in the 100 area and the 300 area and all 200 area production workers 
and all guards and construction workers.
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1943 through September 1, 1946 for 
former Dupont production workers in the 100 and 300 areas and December 
1, 1944 through September 1, 1946 for all 200 area production workers 
and all guards and construction workers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH), 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: January 12, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07-194 Filed 1-18-07; 8:45 am]
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