[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 239 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70864-70865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24110]


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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 Nuclear 
Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in Apollo, Pennsylvania, as 
an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 
November 29, 2007, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class 
of employees as an addition to the SEC:

Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who were monitored or should 
have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation while working 
at the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in 
Apollo, Pennsylvania from January 1, 1957, through December 31, 
1983, for a number of workdays aggregating at least 250 workdays or 
in combination with workdays within the parameters established for 
one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure 
Cohort.

    This designation will become effective on December 29, 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.

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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: December 3, 2007.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E7-24110 Filed 12-12-07; 8:45 am]
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