[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 76490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31316]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Determination Concerning a Petition to Add a Class of Employees
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 of a determination concerning a petition to
add a class of employees from the Weldon Spring Plant in Weldon Spring,
Missouri, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7384q. On December 7, 2012, the Secretary of
HHS determined that the following class of employees does not meet the
statutory criteria for addition to the SEC as authorized under EEOICPA:
All employees of the Department of Energy, Department of Energy
contractors, or subcontractors who worked in any area at the Weldon
Spring Plant in Weldon Spring, Missouri, during the applicable
covered operational period from January 1, 1957, through December
31, 1967.
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 1-877-222-7570. Information requests
can also be submitted by email to [email protected].
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-31316 Filed 12-27-12; 8:45 am]
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