77 FR 225 pgs. 69845-69846 - Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 225Pages: 69845 - 69846
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-28295 Filed 11-20-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
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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), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Ventron Corporation facility, in Beverly, Massachusetts, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On October 12, 2012, 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 Employees who worked for the Ventron Corporation at its facility in Beverly, Massachusetts, from November 1, 1942, through December 31, 1948, 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 November 11, 2012, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384 l (14)(C). Hence, beginning on November 11, 2012, members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members of the Special Exposure Cohort.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877-222-7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-28295 Filed 11-20-12; 8:45 am]
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