[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 159 (Friday, August 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 47951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18915]


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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 the 
Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory, Middletown, CT, 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 the Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear 
Engine Laboratory, Middletown, Connecticut, 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: Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory.
    Location: Middletown, Connecticut.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees.
    Period of Employment: January 1958 through December 1960.

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: August 11, 2008.
Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-18915 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]
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