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combination with work days of employment 

occurring within the parameters (excluding 

aggregate work day requirements) established 

for other classes of employees included in 

the SEC. 

This designation will become 

effective on January 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. 

Dated: December 20, 2005. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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were employed 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. 

This designation became effective on 

November 13, 2005, as provided for 

under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, 

beginning on November 13, 2005, 

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. 

Dated: December 20, 2005. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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not meet the statutory requirements for 

the SEC: 

Physicists who worked in Building #2 at 

the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), Van 

Ness Street, Washington, DC, from 1943 

through 1952. 

This determination may be subject to an 

administrative review within HHS, 

pursuant to 42 CFR 83.16(b). 

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: December 20, 2005. 

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 

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 Mallinckrodt Chemical 

Works, Destrehan Street Facility, in St. 

Louis, Missouri, as an addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. On October 14, 2005, 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 in the Uranium Division at the 

Destrehan Street Facility of Mallinckrodt 

Chemical Works from 1949 to 1957 and who 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Employment and Training 

Administration Determination 

Concerning a Class of Employees 

Considered 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 that a class of employees at the 

National Bureau of Standards, Van Ness 

Street, Washington, DC, do not meet the 

statutory criteria for addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000 (EEOICPA). On December 8, 2005, 

the Secretary of HHS determined, based 

on the decision by the Department of 

Energy to remove the site from the list 

of covered facilities, that the following 

class of employees do not meet the 

statutory requirements for covered 

employees under EEOICPA and thus do 

National Center for Environmental 

Health/Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry; Meetings 

The Health Department Subcommittee 

of the Board of Scientific Counselors 

(BSC), Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), National Center for 

Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ 

ATSDR): Teleconference Meeting. 

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

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), CDC, NCEH/ATSDR 

announces the following subcommittee 

teleconference meeting: 

Name: Health Department 

Subcommittee (HDS). 

Times and Dates: 1 p.m.–2:30 p.m., 

January 12, 2005 

Place: Century Center, 1825 Century 

Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia 30345. 

Status: Open to the public, 

teleconference access limited only by 

availability of telephone ports. 

Purpose: Under the charge of the 

Board of Scientific Counselors, NCEH/ 

ATSDR the HDS will provide the BSC, 

NCEH/ATSDR with advice and 

recommendations on local and state 

health department issues and concerns 

that pertain to the mandates and 

mission of NCEH/ATSDR. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting 

agenda will include a review of the