[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 37114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15820]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees
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 determination concerning a petition to
add a class of employees from the Linde Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda,
New York, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On June 3, 2011, the Secretary of HHS
determined that the following class of employees does not meet the
statutory criteria for addition to the SEC as authorized under EEOICPA:
All Department of Energy employees and Atomic Weapons Employees
who worked at the Linde Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, New York,
during the period from January 1, 1970 through July 31, 2006.
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 1-877-222-7570. Information requests
can also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-15820 Filed 6-23-11; 8:45 am]
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