[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 3897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00923]
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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 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. On December 7, 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 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 October 29, 1958, through
December 31, 1979, 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 6, 2013, as provided for
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on January 6, 2013,
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, 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. 2013-00923 Filed 1-16-13; 8:45 am]
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