[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58966-58967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23894]


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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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice

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concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of 
employees at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to 
the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On August 15, 
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 employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor 
agencies, and DOE contractors or subcontractors who worked at the Y-
12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee from March 1, 1943 through December 
31, 1947 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 September 14, 2008, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on September 14, 
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 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated: September 22, 2008.
Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
 [FR Doc. E8-23894 Filed 10-7-08; 8:45 am]
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