[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 3972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1033]


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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 Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On December 14, 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:

    Statisticians who performed statistical analysis of biological 
experiments (working within the Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
Biological Sciences Division) in all locations at the Y-12 Plant in 
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who were employed by the Department of Energy 
or its contractors between January 1, 1958, and June 30, 1958.

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: January 15, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational, Safety and Health.
 [FR Doc. E8-1033 Filed 1-22-08; 8:45 am]
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