[Federal Register: March 12, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 49)]
[Notices]               
[Page 13237]
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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: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice 
of a decision to designate a class of employees at Combustion 
Engineering, Windsor, Connecticut, as an addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On March 3, 2008, the Secretary of 
HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the 
SEC:

    Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who worked at the 
Combustion Engineering site in Windsor, Connecticut, from January 1, 
1965, through December 31, 1972, for a number of work days 
aggregating at least 250 work days or in combination with work days 
within the parameters established for one or more other classes of 
employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.

This designation will become effective on April 2, 2008, 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 OCAS@CDC.GOV.

    Dated: March 5, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-4865 Filed 3-11-08; 8:45 am]

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