[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 44966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18765]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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 from BWX Technologies, Inc., in Lynchburg, Virginia, as an
addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On
July 13, 2010, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of
employees as an addition to the SEC:
All Atomic Weapons Employer employees who worked at BWX
Technologies, Inc., in Lynchburg, Virginia from January 1, 1959
through December 31, 1959; and/or from January 1, 1968 through
December 31, 1972, 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 August 12, 2010, 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: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Interim Director,
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46,
Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877-222-7570. Information requests can
also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-18765 Filed 7-29-10; 8:45 am]
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