[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 167 (Monday, August 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44846-44847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20899]


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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 Metals and Controls Corporation in Attleboro, MA, 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

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evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees for the Metals 
and Controls Corporation in Attleboro, Massachusetts, 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: Metals and Controls Corporation.
    Location: Attleboro, Massachusetts.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All Atomic Weapons Employer employees 
who were exposed to thorium.
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1952 through December 31, 1967.

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. E9-20899 Filed 8-28-09; 8:45 am]
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