71 FR 122 pg. 36348 - Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

Type: NOTICEVolume: 71Number: 122Page: 36348
FR document: [FR Doc. E6-10001 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

AGENCY:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 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 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 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: Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers potentially exposed to radioactive lanthanum at the Technical Area 10 Bayo Canyon facility, TA-35 (Ten Site), or TA-1, buildings Sigma, H, and U.

Period of Employment: September 1, 1944 through July 18, 1963.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 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, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. E6-10001 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am]

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