[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68883-68884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23748]


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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 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 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 Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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    Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All Atomic Weapons Employer 
employees.
    Period of Employment: August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1945; 
and
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees of the Department of 
Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, and DOE contractors or 
subcontractors, who worked in the Hood Building.
    Period of Employment: January 13, 1946 through December 31, 1963.

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: November 30, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E7-23748 Filed 12-5-07; 8:45 am]
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