[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22409-22410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9855]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley,
California, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000. On April 5, 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 their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, from
August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1961, 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 will become effective on May 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
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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. 2010-9855 Filed 4-27-10; 8:45 am]
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