National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort, 3972 [E8-1033]

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[FR Doc. 08–256 Filed 1–18–08; 9:13 am] BILLING CODE 4151–05–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at Spencer Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works, Pittsburg, KS, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees at Spencer Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works, Pittsburg, Kansas, 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: Spencer Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works. Location: Pittsburg, Kansas. Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees. Period of Employment: January 1, 1958 through December 31, 1963. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: January 15, 2008. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. E8–1031 Filed 1–22–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–19–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees at the Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On December 14, 2007, the Secretary of HHS determined that the following employees do not meet the statutory criteria for addition to the SEC as authorized under EEOICPA: Statisticians who performed statistical analysis of biological experiments (working within the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Biological Sciences Division) in all locations at the Y–12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who were employed by the Department of Energy or its contractors between January 1, 1958, and June 30, 1958. 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: January 15, 2008. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational, Safety and Health. [FR Doc. E8–1033 Filed 1–22–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160–17–P E:\FR\FM\23JAN1.SGM 23JAN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; 
Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees 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 determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees at 
the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On December 14, 2007, 
the Secretary of HHS determined that the following employees do not 
meet the statutory criteria for addition to the SEC as authorized under 
EEOICPA:

    Statisticians who performed statistical analysis of biological 
experiments (working within the Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
Biological Sciences Division) in all locations at the Y-12 Plant in 
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who were employed by the Department of Energy 
or its contractors between January 1, 1958, and June 30, 1958.

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: January 15, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational, Safety and Health.
 [FR Doc. E8-1033 Filed 1-22-08; 8:45 am]
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