[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28435-28436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12077]
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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 from the Vitro Manufacturing facility in Canonsburg,
Pennsylvania, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000. On April 29, 2011, the Secretary of HHS designated the following
class of employees as an addition to the SEC:
All Atomic Weapons Employer employees who worked at Vitro
Manufacturing in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, from January 1, 1958
through December 31, 1959, 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 on May 29, 2011, 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, Director,
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support,
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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. 2011-12077 Filed 5-16-11; 8:45 am]
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