[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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