[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 61015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27724]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees 
From the Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, To Be Included in the Special 
Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and 
Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NIOSH gives notice of a decision to evaluate a petition to 
designate a class of employees from the Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, 
to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-46, 
Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, Telephone 877-222-7570. Information requests 
can also be submitted by email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: 42 CFR 83.9-83.12.
    Pursuant to 42 CFR 83.12, the initial proposed definition for the 
class being evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the 
evaluation, is as follows:
    Facility: Ames Laboratory.
    Location: Ames, Iowa.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: ``All employees of the Department of 
Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and 
subcontractors who worked in any area at the Ames Laboratory in Ames, 
Iowa, during the period from January 1, 1971 through December 31, 1989, 
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 included in the Special Exposure Cohort.''
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1971 through December 31, 1989.

Frank Hearl
Chief of Staff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-27724 Filed 12-22-17; 8:45 am]
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