[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 44150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3843]


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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 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, as 
an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 
June 22, 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:

    Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor 
agencies, or DOE contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or 
should have been monitored for radiological exposure while working 
in operational Technical Areas with a history of radioactive 
material use at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for a 
number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days from March 
15, 1943 through December 31, 1975, or in combination with work day 
as within parameters established for one or more other classes of 
employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.

    This designation became effective on July 22, 2007, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on July 22, 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: August 2, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07-3843 Filed 8-6-07; 8:45 am]
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