[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 18351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06845]
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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 General Steel Industries in Granite City,
Illinois, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On March 6, 2013, 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 individuals who worked in any location at the General Steel
Industries site, located at 1417 State Street, Granite City,
Illinois, from January 1, 1953, through June 30, 1966, and/or during
the residual radiation period from July 1, 1966, through December
31, 1992.
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. 2013-06845 Filed 3-25-13; 8:45 am]
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