[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3907-3908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1228]
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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 BWX Technologies, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, as an
addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On
January 6, 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 BWX
Technologies, Inc., in Lynchburg, Virginia during the period from
January 1, 1985 through November 30, 1994, 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 February 5, 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, 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
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be submitted by e-mail to DCAS@CDC.GOV.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-1228 Filed 1-20-11; 8:45 am]
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