[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44967-44968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18772]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of
employees from the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project in
Rochester, New York, 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 employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor
agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors who worked at the
University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project in Rochester, New
York, from September 1, 1943 through October 30, 1971, 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 of the other classes of
employees in the SEC.
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
[[Page 44968]]
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. 2010-18772 Filed 7-29-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-19-P