[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 88 (Friday, May 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 21688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10829]



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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: HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS 
decision to designate a class of employees at Westinghouse Atomic Power 
Development Plant in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as an addition to 
the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On March 31, 
2009, 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 employees who worked at Westinghouse 
Atomic Power Development Plant in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 
from August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1944, 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 SEC.

    This designation became effective on April 30, 2009, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on April 30, 2009, 
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].

Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-10829 Filed 5-7-09; 8:45 am]
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