[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3469-3470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1088]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Final Effect of 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: 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 Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor site in Piqua, Ohio,
as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On
December 10, 2009, 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:
All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor
agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors who worked at the
Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor site during the covered period from
May 2, 1966 through February 28, 1969, 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
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one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure
Cohort.
This designation became effective on January 9, 2010, as provided
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on January 9, 2010,
members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice,
became members of the Special Exposure Cohort.
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. 2010-1088 Filed 1-20-10; 8:45 am]
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