Decision to Evaluate a Petition to Designate a Class of Employees to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

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Federal Register: December 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 249)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 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.

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 for the

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 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: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Location: Berkeley, California.

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees of the Department of

Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors.

Period of Employment: August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1961.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Interim 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.

John Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

FR Doc. E9-30984 Filed 12-29-09; 8:45 am

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