[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21954-21955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08577]


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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 Battelle 
Laboratories King Avenue facility in Columbus, Ohio, as an addition to 
the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees

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Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On March 6, 
2013, 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 King Avenue 
facility owned by Battelle Laboratories in Columbus, Ohio, during 
the period from April 16, 1943, through June 30, 1956, 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 April 5, 2013, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on April 5, 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. 2013-08577 Filed 4-11-13; 8:45 am]
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