Special Exposure Cohort; employee class designations: Nevada Test Site,

[Federal Register: April 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 78)]

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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 Nevada Test Site, Mercury, NV, 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 Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada, 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: Nevada Test Site.

Location: Mercury, Nevada.

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers at the Rainier Mesa, including areas 12, 16, and 20.

Period of Employment: March 1, 1966 through December 31, 1990.

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: April 13, 2007. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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