[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 41 (Friday, March 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9536-9537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-947]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; 
Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to 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 
of a decision to designate a class of employees at the Monsanto 
Chemical Company in Dayton, Ohio, as an addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On February 16, 2007, the Secretary 
of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to 
the SEC:

Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who were monitored or should 
have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation while working 
at Monsanto Chemical Company Units I, III, or IV in Dayton, Ohio, 
for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days during 
the period from January 1, 1943, through December 31, 1949, or in 
combination with work days within the parameters established for one 
or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.

    This designation will become effective on March 18, 2007, 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 (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].


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    Dated: February 23, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07-947 Filed 3-1-07; 8:45 am]
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