[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 68 (Friday, April 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8252]


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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: HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of 
employees at the Hood Building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as an 
addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 
March 31, 2009, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of 
employees as an addition to the SEC:

    All employees of the DOE, its predecessor agencies, and their 
contractors and subcontractors who worked in the Hood Building in 
Cambridge, MA, from May 9, 1946 through December 31, 1963, 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 included in the SEC.

This designation will become effective April 30, 2009, 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].

Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-8252 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
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