[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 172 (Thursday, September 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 51230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17618]


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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 Rocky Flats 
Plant, Golden, Colorado, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On August 6, 2007, 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 neutron exposures while working at 
the Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado, for a number of work days 
aggregating at least 250 work days from January 1, 1959, through 
December 31, 1966, 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 September 5, 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: August 30, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
 [FR Doc. E7-17618 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]
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