[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 37458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14821]


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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 Kellex/Pierpont 
facility in Jersey City, New Jersey, as an addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On May 30, 2008, the Secretary of HHS 
designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

    All Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who worked at the 
Kellex/Pierpont facility in Jersey City, New Jersey, from January 1, 
1943, through December 31, 1953, for a number of work days 
aggregating at least 250 work days occurring either solely under 
this employment 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 will become effective on June 29, 2008, 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.

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 16, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-14821 Filed 6-30-08; 8:45 am]
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