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52798 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 173 / Thursday, September 7, 2006 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Designation of a Class of Employees 

for Addition to 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 of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Ames Laboratory, in 

Ames, Iowa as an addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. On August 8, 2006, the Secretary 

of HHS designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

Department of Energy (DOE) employees or 

DOE contractor or subcontractor employees 

who worked at the Ames Laboratory in one 

or more of the following facilities/locations: 

Chemistry Annex 1 (also known as ‘‘the old 

women’s gymnasium’’ and ‘‘Little Ankeny’’), 

Chemistry Annex 2, Chemistry Building (also 

known as ‘‘Gilman Hall’’), Research Building, 

or the Metallurgical Building (also known as 

‘‘Harley Wilhelm Hall’’) from January 1, 1942 

through December 31, 1954 for a number of 

work days aggregating at least 250 work days, 

or in combination with work days within the 

parameters (excluding aggregate work day 

requirements) established for one or more 

classes of employees in the SEC, and who 

were monitored or should have been 

monitored. 

This designation will become 

effective on September 7, 2006, 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. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Designation of a Class of Employees 

for Addition to 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 of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Y–12 Plant, in Oak 

Ridge, Tennessee as an addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. On August 8, 2006, the Secretary 

of HHS designated the following class of 

employees an addition to the SEC: 

Department of Energy (DOE) employees or 

DOE contractor or subcontractor employees 

who were monitored or should have been 

monitored for: 

(1) Thorium exposures while working in 

Building 9201–3, 9202, 9204–1, 9204–3, 

9206, or 9212 at Y–12 for a number of work 

days aggregating at least 250 work days from 

January 1948 through December 1957 or in 

combination with work days within the 

parameters (excluding aggregate work day 

requirements) established for one or more 

classes of employees in the SEC; or 

(2) Radionuclide exposures associated with 

cyclotron operations in Building 9201–2 at 

Y–12 for a number of work days aggregating 

at least 250 work days from January 1948 

through December 1957 or in combination 

with work days within the parameters 

(excluding aggregate work day requirements) 

established for one or more classes of 

employees in the SEC. 

This designation will become 

effective on September 7, 2006, 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 provisions by Congress regarding 

the decision by HHS to add the class to 

the SEC. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH); Advisory 

Board on Radiation and Worker Health 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention announces the 

following committee meeting: 

Name: Advisory Board on Radiation 

and Worker Health (ABRWH), National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health and Subcommittee for Dose 

Reconstruction and Site Profile Reviews 

(SDRSPR). 

Subcommittee Meeting Time and 

Date: 9 a.m.–12 p.m., September 19, 

2006. 

Committee Meeting Times and Dates: 

1 p.m.–4:45 p.m., September 19, 2006. 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., September 20, 2006. 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., September 21, 2006. 

Public Comment Times and Dates: 

5 p.m.–6 p.m., September 19, 2006. 

7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m., September 20, 

2006. 

Place: Westin Casuarina, 160 E. 

Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 

89169. Phone 702.836.5900, Fax 

702.836.5990. 

Status: Open to the public, limited 

only by the space available. The meeting 

space accommodates approximately 75 

to 100 people. 

Background: The Advisory Board was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 to advise the 

President on a variety of policy and 

technical functions required to 

implement and effectively manage the 

new compensation program. Key 

functions of the Advisory Board include 

providing advice on the development of 

probability of causation guidelines 

which have been promulgated by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) as a final rule, advice on 

methods of dose reconstruction which 

have also been promulgated by HHS as 

a final rule, advice on the scientific 

validity and quality of dose estimation