[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: 2013-00925]
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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 Los Alamos National
Laboratory (LANL), in Los Alamos, New Mexico, 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 employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico from
January 1, 1976, through December 31, 1995, 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 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. 2013-00925 Filed 1-16-13; 8:45 am]
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