79 FR 158 pgs. 48168-48169 - Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 158Pages: 48168 - 48169
Pages: 48168, 48169FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-19378 Filed 8-14-14; 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 Nuclear Metals Inc. facility in West Concord, Massachusetts, 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, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, 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 July 11, 2014, as provided for under the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:
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All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the facility owned by Nuclear Metals, Inc. (or a subsequent owner) in West Concord, Massachusetts, during the period from January 1, 1980, through December 31, 1990, 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 August 10, 2014. Therefore, beginning on August 10, 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. 2014-19378 Filed 8-14-14; 8:45 am]
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