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3972 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No.

15 / Wednesday, January 23, 2008 / Notices

2008 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR and non-aged one-person and two- Columbia Parkway, MS C–46,
HAWAII person units.) Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513–
Note that this notice does not provide 533–6800 (this is not a toll-free
Poverty definitions of such terms as ‘‘income’’ or number). Information requests can also
Persons in family guideline ‘‘family.’’ This is because there is be submitted by e-mail to
considerable variation in how different OCAS@CDC.GOV.
1 .................................................... $11,960 programs that use the guidelines define
2 .................................................... 16,100 Dated: January 15, 2008.
3 .................................................... 20,240
these terms, traceable to the different
John Howard,
4 .................................................... 24,380 laws and regulations that govern the
Director, National Institute for Occupational
5 .................................................... 28,520 various programs.
Safety and Health.
6 .................................................... 32,660 Therefore, questions about how a
7 .................................................... 36,800 particular program applies the poverty [FR Doc. E8–1031 Filed 1–22–08; 8:45 am]
8 .................................................... 40,940 guidelines (for example, Is income BILLING CODE 4163–19–P

before or after taxes? Should a particular


For families with more than 8 type of income be counted? Should a
persons, add $4,140 for each additional particular person be counted in the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
person. family or household unit?) should be HUMAN SERVICES
Separate poverty guideline figures for directed to the organization that
Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of National Institute for Occupational
administers the program. Safety and Health; Determination
Economic Opportunity administrative
practice beginning in the 1966–1970 Dated: January 17, 2008. Concerning a Petition To Add a Class
period. (Note that the Census Bureau Michael O. Leavitt, of Employees to the Special Exposure
poverty thresholds—the version of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Cohort
poverty measure used for statistical [FR Doc. 08–256 Filed 1–18–08; 9:13 am]
AGENCY: National Institute for
purposes—have never had separate BILLING CODE 4151–05–M
Occupational Safety and Health
figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The (NIOSH), Department of Health and
poverty guidelines are not defined for Human Services (HHS).
Puerto Rico or other outlying DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
jurisdictions. In cases in which a HUMAN SERVICES ACTION: Notice.
Federal program using the poverty SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
guidelines serves any of those National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health; Decision To Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a
jurisdictions, the Federal office that determination concerning a petition to
administers the program is generally Evaluate a Petition To Designate a
Class of Employees at Spencer add a class of employees at the Y–12
responsible for deciding whether to use Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to the
the contiguous-states-and-DC guidelines Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works,
Pittsburg, KS, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under
for those jurisdictions or to follow some the Energy Employees Occupational
other procedure. Special Exposure Cohort
Illness Compensation Program Act of
Due to confusing legislative language AGENCY: National Institute for 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On
dating back to 1972, the poverty Occupational Safety and Health December 14, 2007, the Secretary of
guidelines have sometimes been (NIOSH), Department of Health and HHS determined that the following
mistakenly referred to as the ‘‘OMB’’ Human Services (HHS). employees do not meet the statutory
(Office of Management and Budget) ACTION: Notice. criteria for addition to the SEC as
poverty guidelines or poverty line. In
authorized under EEOICPA:
fact, OMB has never issued the SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
guidelines; the guidelines are issued Human Services (HHS) gives notice as Statisticians who performed statistical
each year by the Department of Health analysis of biological experiments (working
required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a
within the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
and Human Services. The poverty decision to evaluate a petition to Biological Sciences Division) in all locations
guidelines may be formally referenced designate a class of employees at at the Y–12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
as ‘‘the poverty guidelines updated Spencer Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works, who were employed by the Department of
periodically in the Federal Register by Pittsburg, Kansas, to be included in the Energy or its contractors between January 1,
the U.S. Department of Health and Special Exposure Cohort under the 1958, and June 30, 1958.
Human Services under the authority of Energy Employees Occupational Illness FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
42 U.S.C. 9902(2).’’ Compensation Program Act of 2000. The Larry Elliott, Director, Office of
Some programs use a percentage initial proposed definition for the class Compensation Analysis and Support,
multiple of the guidelines (for example, being evaluated, subject to revision as National Institute for Occupational
125 percent or 185 percent of the warranted by the evaluation, is as Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676
guidelines), as noted in relevant follows: Columbia Parkway, MS C–46,
authorizing legislation or program Facility: Spencer Chemical Co., Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513–
regulations. Non-Federal organizations Jayhawks Works. 533–6800 (this is not a toll-free
that use the poverty guidelines under Location: Pittsburg, Kansas. number). Information requests can also
their own authority in non-federally- Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All be submitted by e-mail to
funded activities can choose to use a employees. OCAS@CDC.GOV.
percentage multiple of the guidelines Period of Employment: January 1,
1958 through December 31, 1963. Dated: January 15, 2008.
ebenthall on PROD1PC69 with NOTICES

such as 125 percent or 185 percent.


The poverty guidelines do not make a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Howard,
distinction between farm and non-farm Larry Elliott, Director, Office of Director, National Institute for Occupational,
families, or between aged and non-aged Compensation Analysis and Support, Safety and Health.
units. (Only the Census Bureau poverty National Institute for Occupational [FR Doc. E8–1033 Filed 1–22–08; 8:45 am]
thresholds have separate figures for aged Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 BILLING CODE 4160–17–P

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