[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 218 (Thursday, November 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70147-70148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29169]


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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 Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor, 
Piqua, Ohio, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On October 26, 2011, the Secretary of HHS 
determined that the following class of employees does not meet the 
statutory criteria for addition

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to the SEC as authorized under EEOICPA:

    All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor 
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked in any 
location at the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor during the 
operational period from January 1, 1963 through May 1, 1966.


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 email to [email protected].

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-29169 Filed 11-9-11; 8:45 am]
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