[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: 07-3844]


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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 W.R. Grace, Erwin, Tennessee, 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:

    Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who were monitored or 
should have been monitored for potential exposure to thorium while 
working in any of the 100 series buildings or Buildings 220, 230, 
233, 234, 301, or 310 at the W.R. Grace site at Erwin, Tennessee for 
a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days from 
January 1, 1958, through December 31, 1970, 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 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, define 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. 07-3844 Filed 8-6-07; 8:45 am]
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