[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 139 (Friday, July 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 41357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16468]


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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 Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) 
facility in Parks Township, Pennsylvania, as an addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On May 30, 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:

    All Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who worked at the 
Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) facility in 
Parks Township, Pennsylvania, from June 1, 1960, through December 
31, 1980, 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 became effective on June 29, 2008, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on June 29, 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 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) or directly at 1-
513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can 
also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated: July 2, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-16468 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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