[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69104-69105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30989]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of 
employees at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, as an 
addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 
December 10, 2009, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class 
of employees as an addition to the SEC:

    All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor 
agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors who worked at 
Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, from January 1, 
1947 to December 31, 1979, for a number of work days aggregating at 
least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment, 
or in combination with work days within the parameters established 
for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure 
Cohort.

    This designation will become effective on January 9, 2010, unless 
Congress provides otherwise prior to the

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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: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Interim 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 
[email protected].

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-30989 Filed 12-29-09; 8:45 am]
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