[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 46438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19045]


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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.

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SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS 
decision to designate a class of employees from the Feed Materials 
Production Center in Fernald, Ohio, as an addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On June 27, 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 employees of DOE, its predecessor agencies, and their 
contractors, or subcontractors who worked at the Feed Materials 
Production Center (FMPC) in Fernald, Ohio, from January 1, 1968 
through December 31, 1978, 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 July 27, 2012, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on July 27, 2012, 
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 email to [email protected].

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-19045 Filed 8-2-12; 8:45 am]
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