[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 12363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6380]


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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 
Electro-Metallurgical Corporation Facility, Niagara Falls, NY, 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: 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 
Electro-Metallurgical Corporation facility, Niagara Falls, New York, 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: Electro-Metallurgical Corporation.
    Location: Niagara Falls, New York.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees.
    Period of Employment: August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1953.

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].

Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-6380 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]
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