[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 37459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14822]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; 
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 
of a decision to designate a class of employees at SAM (Special Alloyed 
or Substitute Alloy Materials) Laboratories of Columbia University, in 
New York City, New York, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On May 30, 2008, 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 in the 
Pupin, Schemerhorn, Havenmeyer, Nash, or Prentiss buildings at SAM 
(Special Alloyed or Substitute Alloy Materials) Laboratories of 
Columbia University in New York City, New York, from August 13, 
1942, 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 will become effective on June 29, 2008, unless 
Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this 
effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the Federal Register 
reporting the addition of this class to the SEC or the result of any 
provision by Congress regarding the decision by HHS to add the class to 
the SEC.

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 [email protected].

    Dated: June 16, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-14822 Filed 6-30-08; 8:45 am]
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