[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: E7-17620]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health


Determination Concerning a Petition to Add a Class of Employees 
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 determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees at 
the Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado, to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On August 6, 2007, the 
Secretary of HHS determined that the following employees do not meet 
the statutory criteria for addition to the SEC as authorized under 
EEOICPA:

    Department of Energy employees or its contractor or 
subcontractor employees at the Rocky Flats plant in Golden, 
Colorado, who were exposed to radiation dose from 1967 through 2005 
and who were exposed to any radiation dose other than neutron dose 
from 1952 through 1966.


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. E7-17620 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]
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