{"abstract":"HHS gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees for the Norton Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, 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: Norton Company. Location: Worcester, Massachusetts. Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All Atomic Weapons Employer employees. Period of Employment: January 1, 1945 through December 31, 1957.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2009/06/10/E9-13662.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"74 FR 27551","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E9-13662","effective_on":null,"end_page":27552,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2009/06/10/E9-13662.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/06/10/E9-13662/national-institute-for-occupational-safety-and-health-decision-to-evaluate-a-petition-to-designate-a","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E9-13662?publication_date=2009-06-10","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2009-06-10/E9-13662/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":10,"last_updated":"2026-09-22 06:15:08 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-06-10/pdf/E9-13662.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2009-06-10","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2009/06/10/E9-13662.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":27551,"subtype":null,"title":"National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees for the Norton Company in Worcester, MA, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort","toc_doc":"Norton Co., Worcester, MA","toc_subject":"Decision to Evaluate Petition to Designate Class of Employees to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":74}