78 FR 229 pgs. 70949-70950 - Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

Type: NOTICEVolume: 78Number: 229Pages: 70949 - 70950
FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-28452 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 70949, 70950

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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 Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC) in Fernald, Ohio, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

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 DCAS@CDC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384 l (14)(C). On September 30, 2013, as provided for under the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

All employees of the Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC) in Fernald, Ohio, who were not employed by National Lead of Ohio, NLO, or the Department of Energy or its predecessor agencies, who worked at FMPC from January 1, 1951, through December 31, 1983, 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.


[top] This designation became effective on September 30, 2013. Hence, beginning on October 30, 2013, members of this class of employees, defined as reported page 70950 in this notice, became members of the SEC.

John Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

[FR Doc. 2013-28452 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]

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