Federal Register: October 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 209)

DOCID: fr30oc09-66 FR Doc E9-26162

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health and Human Services Department

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCID: fr30oc09-66

ACTION: Decision to Evaluate a Petition to Designate a Class of Workers to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees at the Norton Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On September 29, 2009, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

All AWE employees who worked at the Norton Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, from January 1, 1945 through December 31, 1957, 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 October 29, 2009, 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.

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