[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 214 (Friday, November 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 68459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28569]
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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 W.R. Grace and Company in Curtis Bay, Maryland, as an
addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On
October 18, 2011, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class
of employees as an addition to the SEC:
All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at any building or area
at the facility owned by W.R. Grace and Company in Curtis Bay,
Maryland, for the operational period from May 1, 1956 through
January 31, 1958, 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 November 17, 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, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia
Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone (877) 222-7570.
Information requests can also be submitted by email to [email protected].
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-28569 Filed 11-3-11; 8:45 am]
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