[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26557]
[[Page 65018]]
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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 Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, as an addition to the
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On October 6, 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 in any
area of the Department of Energy facility at the Ames Laboratory
from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960, 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 November 5, 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. 2010-26557 Filed 10-20-10; 8:45 am]
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