[Federal Register: October 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 196)]
[Notices]
[Page 58966-58967]
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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice
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concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of
employees at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to
the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On August 15,
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:
All employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor
agencies, and DOE contractors or subcontractors who worked at the Y-
12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee from March 1, 1943 through December
31, 1947 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 September 14, 2008, as provided
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on September 14,
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 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number).
Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to OCAS@CDC.GOV.
Dated: September 22, 2008.
Christine M. Branche,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-23894 Filed 10-7-08; 8:45 am]
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