Decision to Evaluate a Petition to Designate a Class of Employees to be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort: Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago, IL

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Federal Register: December 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 238)

Notices

Page 75118

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

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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 the

Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago, IL, 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: 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 the Metallurgical Laboratory in

Chicago, Illinois, 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: Metallurgical Laboratory.

Location: Chicago, Illinois.

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All Atomic Weapons Employer employees.

Period of Employment: August 13, 1942 through June 30, 1946.

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: December 4, 2008.

Christine M. Branche,

Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

FR Doc. E8-29245 Filed 12-9-08; 8:45 am

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