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3972 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 15 / Wednesday, January 23, 2008 / Notices 

2008 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR 

HAWAII 

Poverty Persons in family guideline 

1 ....................................................
 $11,960 

2 ....................................................
 16,100 

3 ....................................................
 20,240 

4 ....................................................
 24,380 

5 ....................................................
 28,520 

6 ....................................................
 32,660 

7 ....................................................
 36,800 

8 ....................................................
 40,940 

For families with more than 8 

persons, add $4,140 for each additional 

person. 

Separate poverty guideline figures for 

Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of 

Economic Opportunity administrative 

practice beginning in the 1966–1970 

period. (Note that the Census Bureau 

poverty thresholds—the version of the 

poverty measure used for statistical 

purposes—have never had separate 

figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The 

poverty guidelines are not defined for 

Puerto Rico or other outlying 

jurisdictions. In cases in which a 

Federal program using the poverty 

guidelines serves any of those 

jurisdictions, the Federal office that 

administers the program is generally 

responsible for deciding whether to use 

the contiguous-states-and-DC guidelines 

for those jurisdictions or to follow some 

other procedure. 

Due to confusing legislative language 

dating back to 1972, the poverty 

guidelines have sometimes been 

mistakenly referred to as the ‘‘OMB’’ 

(Office of Management and Budget) 

poverty guidelines or poverty line. In 

fact, OMB has never issued the 

guidelines; the guidelines are issued 

each year by the Department of Health 

and Human Services. The poverty 

guidelines may be formally referenced 

as ‘‘the poverty guidelines updated 

periodically in the Federal Register by 

the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services under the authority of 

42 U.S.C. 9902(2).’’ 

Some programs use a percentage 

multiple of the guidelines (for example, 

125 percent or 185 percent of the 

guidelines), as noted in relevant 

authorizing legislation or program 

regulations. Non-Federal organizations 

that use the poverty guidelines under 

their own authority in non-federallyfunded activities can choose to use a 

percentage multiple of the guidelines 

such as 125 percent or 185 percent. 

The poverty guidelines do not make a 

distinction between farm and non-farm 

families, or between aged and non-aged 

units. (Only the Census Bureau poverty 

thresholds have separate figures for aged 

and non-aged one-person and twoperson units.) 

Note that this notice does not provide 

definitions of such terms as ‘‘income’’ or 

‘‘family.’’ This is because there is 

considerable variation in how different 

programs that use the guidelines define 

these terms, traceable to the different 

laws and regulations that govern the 

various programs. 

Therefore, questions about how a 

particular program applies the poverty 

guidelines (for example, Is income 

before or after taxes? Should a particular 

type of income be counted? Should a 

particular person be counted in the 

family or household unit?) should be 

directed to the organization that 

administers the program. 

Dated: January 17, 2008. 

Michael O. Leavitt, 

Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

[FR Doc. 08–256 Filed 1–18–08; 9:13 am] 

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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 Spencer 

Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works, 

Pittsburg, KS, 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 

Spencer Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works, 

Pittsburg, Kansas, 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: Spencer Chemical Co., 

Jayhawks Works. 

Location: Pittsburg, Kansas. 

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All 

employees. 

Period of Employment: January 1, 

1958 through December 31, 1963. 

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: January 15, 2008. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E8–1031 Filed 1–22–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health; Determination 

Concerning a Petition To Add a Class 

of Employees to 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 of a 

determination concerning a petition to 

add a class of employees at the Y–12 

Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On 

December 14, 2007, the Secretary of 

HHS determined that the following 

employees do not meet the statutory 

criteria for addition to the SEC as 

authorized under EEOICPA: 

Statisticians who performed statistical 

analysis of biological experiments (working 

within the Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

Biological Sciences Division) in all locations 

at the Y–12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 

who were employed by the Department of 

Energy or its contractors between January 1, 

1958, and June 30, 1958. 

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: January 15, 2008. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational, 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E8–1033 Filed 1–22–08; 8:45 am] 

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