[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18350-18351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06844]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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 of a decision to designate a class of
employees from the Baker Brothers site in Toledo, Ohio, as an addition
to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On March 6,
2013, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees
as an addition to the SEC:
All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the Baker Brothers
site in Toledo, Ohio, during the period from June 1, 1943, through
December 31, 1944, 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 will become effective on April 5, 2013, unless
Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this
effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the Federal Register
reporting the addition of this class to the SEC or the result of
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any provision by Congress regarding the decision by HHS to add the
class to 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 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. 2013-06844 Filed 3-25-13; 8:45 am]
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