[Federal Register: July 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 140)]
[Notices]
[Page 42351-42352]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice
concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of
employees at the Kellex/Pierpont facility in Jersey City, New Jersey,
as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On May
30, 2008, 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:


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    All Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who worked at the
Kellex/Pierpont facility in Jersey City, New Jersey, from January 1,
1943, 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 Special Exposure Cohort.

    This designation became effective on June 29, 2008, as provided for
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on June 29, 2008,
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 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) or directly at 1-
513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can
also be submitted by e-mail to OCAS@CDC.GOV.

    Dated: July 2, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-16607 Filed 7-18-08; 8:45 am]

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