[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 209 (Friday, October 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 56199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26163]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


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 Lake Ontario Ordnance Works, Niagara Falls, New York, 
as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 
September 29, 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 at Lake Ontario Ordnance 
Works in Niagara Falls, New York from January 1, 1944 through 
December 31, 1953, 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 will become effective on October 29, 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].

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-26163 Filed 10-29-09; 8:45 am]
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