[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 85 (Thursday, May 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 24071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9545]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health


Final Effect of 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 
concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of 
employees at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, 
California, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 
2000. On March 3, 2008, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), 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, and DOE contractors or subcontractors who were monitored 
for radiation exposure while working at the Lawrence Livermore 
National Laboratory from January 1, 1950, through December 31, 1973, 
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 became effective on April 2, 2008, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on April 2, 2008, 
members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, 
became members of the Special Exposure Cohort.

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: April 14, 2008.
 John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
 [FR Doc. E8-9545 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am]
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