[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 44967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18769]
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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 the Mound Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, as an addition to
the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On July 14,
2010, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees
as an addition to the SEC:
All employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor
agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors who had at least
one tritium bioassay sample and worked at the Mound Plant in
Miamisburg, Ohio from March 1, 1959 through March 5, 1980, 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 13, 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. 2010-18769 Filed 7-29-10; 8:45 am]
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