[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 7852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3063]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Final Effect of 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 concerning the final effect of the HHS
decision to designate a class of employees from Simonds Saw and Steel
Co., Lockport, New York, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000. On January 6, 2011, as provided for under 42
U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of
employees as an addition to the SEC:
All Atomic Weapons Employer employees who worked at Simonds Saw
and Steel Co. from January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957, 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 became effective on February 5, 2011, as provided
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on February 5, 2011,
members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice,
became members of 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 be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-3063 Filed 2-10-11; 8:45 am]
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