[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 34305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13626]


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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 for Los Alamos 
National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 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 for Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los 
Alamos, New Mexico, 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: Los Alamos National Laboratory.
    Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All service support workers (which 
includes, but is not limited to, security guards, firefighters, 
laborers, custodians, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, pipefitters, 
sheet metal workers, ironworkers, welders, maintenance workers, truck 
drivers, delivery persons, radiation technicians, and area work 
coordinators) who worked in any operational Technical Areas with a 
history of radioactive material use.
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1976 through December 31, 2005.

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: June 5, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
 [FR Doc. E8-13626 Filed 6-16-08; 8:45 am]
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