79 FR 13 pg. 3384 - Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 13Page: 3384
Page: 3384FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-00932 Filed 1-17-14; 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 Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado, 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 December 12, 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 Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado, from April 1, 1952, 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.
This designation became effective on January 11, 2014. Hence, beginning on January 11, 2014, members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-00932 Filed 1-17-14; 8:45 am]
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