[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 146 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38192-38193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18290]


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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, 
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 Area IV of the Santa 
Susana Field Laboratory, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On June 18, 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 employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor 
agencies, and DOE contractors and subcontractors who worked in any 
area of Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory for a number of 
work days aggregating at least 250 work days from January 1, 1955 
through December 31, 1958, 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 July 18, 2009, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on July 18, 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

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be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-18290 Filed 7-30-09; 8:45 am]
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