[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 17917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1763]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Final 
Effect of 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 
concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of 
employees at the Monsanto Chemical Company, 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, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), 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 became effective on March 18, 2007, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 73841(14)(C). Hence, beginning on March 18, 2007, 
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 (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: April 5, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07-1763 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]
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