[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 41 (Friday, March 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 9536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-948]


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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 General Atomics in 
La Jolla, California, 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 the General Atomics facility in La Jolla, California at the 
following locations: Science Laboratories A, B, and C (Building 2); 
Experimental Building (Building 9); Maintenance (Building 10); 
Service Building (Building 11); Buildings 21 and 22; Hot Cell 
Facility (Building 23); Waste Yard (Buildings 25 and 26); 
Experimental Area (Buildings 27 and 27-1); LINAC Complex (Building 
30); HTGR-TCF (Building 31); Fusion Building (Building 33); Fusion 
Doublet III (Building 34); SV-A (Building 37); SV-B (Building 39); 
and SV-D (no building number) for a number of work days aggregating 
at least 250 work days from January 1, 1960, through December 31, 
1969, 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].

    Dated: February 23, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07-948 Filed 3-1-07; 8:45 am]
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