[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 188 (Friday, September 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 55214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19243]


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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 Hanford Engineer 
Works, Richland, Washington, as an addition to the Special Exposure 
Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On September 12, 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 internal radiological exposures while 
working at the Hanford Engineer Works in: the 300 Area fuel 
fabrication and research facilities from October 1, 1943 through 
August 31, 1946; the 200 Area plutonium separation facilities from 
November 1, 1944 through August 31, 1946; or the 100 B, D, and F 
reactor areas from September 1, 1944 through August 31, 1946; for a 
number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days 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 October 12, 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: September 24, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E7-19243 Filed 9-27-07; 8:45 am]
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