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44298 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 150 / Friday, August 4, 2006 / Notices 

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. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 06–6682 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Decision To Evaluate and Petition To 

Designate a Class of Employees at 

Harshaw Chemical Company (Also 

Known as Uranium Refinery and/or 

Harshaw Filtrol Partners), Cleveland, 

OH, 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 

Harshaw Chemical Company (also 

known as Uranium Refinery and/or 

Harshaw Filtrol Partners), 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: Harshaw Chemical Company. 


Location: Cleveland, Ohio. 


Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All 


workers at Harshaw Chemical Company 

plant and the laboratories of the 

separate facility located at 1945 East 

97th Street. 

Period of Employment: January 1, 

1942 through November 30, 1949. 

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. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 06–6683 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Final Effect of 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 

concerning the final effect of the HHS 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Nevada Test Site 

(NTS), Mercury, Nevada, as an addition 

to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 

under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000. On June 26, 2006, 

as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 

7384q(b), 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 Nevada Test Site from 

January 27, 1951 through December 31, 1962 

for a number of work days aggregating at least 

250 work days, either solely under this 

employment or in combination with work 

days within the parameters (excluding 

aggregate work day requirements) established 

for other classes of employees included in 

the SEC, and who were monitored or should 

have been monitored. 

This designation became effective on 

July 26, 2006, as provided for under 42 

U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning 

on July 26, 2006, members of this class 

of employees, defined as reported in 

this notice, became members of the 

Special Exposure Cohort. 

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. 06–6684 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part C (Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention) of the Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated 

October 14, 1980, and corrected at 56 FR 

69296, October 20, 1980, as amended 

most recently at 71 FR 37080, dated 

June 29, 2006) is amended to reflect the 

establishment of the Writer-Editor 

Services Branch within the Division of 

Creative Services, National Center for 

Health Marketing, Coordinating Center 

for Health Information and Service. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

Following the title and functional 

statement for the Broadcast Production 

and Distribution Branch (CPBHD), 

Division of Creative Services (CPBH), 

National Center for Health Marketing 

(CPB), Coordinating Center for Health 

Information and Service (CP), insert the 

following: 

Writer-Editor Services Branch 

(CPBHE). (1) Provides production 

editing services for CDC’s information 

products; (2) provides production 

editing services for MMWR publications, 

Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) 

journal, and Preventing Chronic Disease 

(PCD) journal; (3) provides substantive 

editing services for CDC-authored 

written material; (4) provides 

copyediting services; (5) provides 

proofreading services; (6) provides Web 

editing services; (7) provides writing 

services, including relevant research; 

and (8) provides editorial consulting 

services and training in writing and 

editing. 

Delete item (1) of the functional 

statement for the Scientific Publications 

Branch (CPBGH), Division of Scientific 

Communications (CPBG), and insert the 

following: (1) Develops, plans, 

coordinates, and produces the MMWR 

series, including the MMWR