[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 51816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20896]
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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 Downey Facility in
Los Angeles County, California, as an addition to the Special Exposure
Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On July 13, 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, its predecessor
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the
Downey Facility in Los Angeles County, California from January 1,
1948 through December 31, 1955, 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
included in the Special Exposure Cohort.
This designation became effective on August 12, 2010, as provided for
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on August 12, 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 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. 2010-20896 Filed 8-20-10; 8:45 am]
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