[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 37459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14824]


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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 Hanford Nuclear 
Reservation in Richland, Washington, 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 employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor 
agencies, and DOE contractors or subcontractors who worked from:
    1. September 1, 1946 through December 31, 1961 in the 300 area; or
    2. January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1968 in the 200 areas (East 
and West) at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Washington, 
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. E8-14824 Filed 6-30-08; 8:45 am]
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