[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51816-51817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20894]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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: HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS
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, 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 (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 became effective on August 13, 2010, as provided for
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on August 13, 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,
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46,
Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone
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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. 2010-20894 Filed 8-20-10; 8:45 am]
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