[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 21954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08607]
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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 Joslyn
Manufacturing and Supply Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as an addition
to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On March 6,
2013, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7384q(b), the Secretary of
HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the
SEC:
All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked for Joslyn Manufacturing
and Supply Company at the covered facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana,
from March 1, 1943, through December 31, 1947, 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. 2013-08607 Filed 4-11-13; 8:45 am]
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