Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, TN, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort, 26301 [2011-11096]

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Graffunder, Designated Federal Officer, Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health, Office of the Surgeon General [FR Doc. 2011–11130 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–28–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Y–12 Plant in Oak Ridge, TN, 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: HHS gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees from the Y–12 Plant in Oak Ridge, TN, 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: Y–12 Plant. Location: Oak Ridge, TN. Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers potentially exposed to radioactive materials. Period of Employment: January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877– 222–7570. Information requests can also SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 26301 be submitted by e-mail to DCAS@CDC.GOV. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2011–11096 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–19–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), and pursuant to the requirements of 42 CFR 83.15(a), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee: Board Public Meeting Times and Dates (All times are Central Time): 8:15 a.m.–3:45 p.m., May 24, 2011. 8:15 a.m.–5 p.m., May 25, 2011. 8:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m., May 26, 2011. Public Comment Times and Dates (All times are Central Time): 6 p.m.–7 p.m.*, May 24, 2011. 5:30 p.m.–7 p.m.*, May 25, 2011. Please note that the public comment periods may end prior to the times indicated, following the last call for comments. Members of the public who wish to provide public comments should plan to attend public comment sessions at the start times listed. Place: Crowne Plaza St. Louis-Downtown, 200 North 4th Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102; Telephone: 314–621–8200; Fax: 314– 621–8073. The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1–866–659–0537, pass code 9933701. Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting space accommodates approximately 150 people. Background: The Advisory Board was established under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP) Act of 2000 to advise the President on a variety of policy and technical functions required to implement and effectively manage the new compensation program. Key functions of the Advisory Board include providing advice on the development of probability of causation guidelines which have been promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final rule, advice on methods of dose reconstruction which have also been promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice on the scientific validity and quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts being performed for purposes of the compensation program, and advice on petitions to add E:\FR\FM\06MYN1.SGM 06MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2011)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees 
From the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, TN, To Be Included in 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 as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision 
to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees from the Y-12 
Plant in Oak Ridge, TN, 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: Y-12 Plant.
    Location: Oak Ridge, TN.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers potentially exposed to 
radioactive materials.
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, 
Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877-222-7570. Information requests can 
also be submitted by e-mail to DCAS@CDC.GOV.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-11096 Filed 5-5-11; 8:45 am]
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