[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 208 (Monday, October 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 61169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21152]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Decision 
To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at the 
Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant, East Pittsburgh, PA, To Be 
Included in 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 
as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to 
designate a class of employees at the Westinghouse Atomic Power 
Development Plant, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to be included in the 
Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. The initial proposed definition for 
the class being evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the 
evaluation, is as follows:
    Facility: Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant.
    Location: East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All testers and laboratory 
researchers (to include research group leaders who worked in the L 
Building (and K Building as applicable).
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1942 through December 31, 1944.

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: October 23, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E7-21152 Filed 10-26-07; 8:45 am]
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