[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: 2013-06849]
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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 Hanford site in Richland, Washington,
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 personnel who were internally monitored (urine or fecal),
who worked at the Plutonium Finishing Plant in the 200 Area at the
Hanford site, from January 1, 1987, through December 31, 1989.
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. 2013-06849 Filed 3-25-13; 8:45 am]
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