[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 64501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25508]


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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 Baker Brothers, in Toledo, Ohio, to the 
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA). On September 30, 
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 Atomic Weapons Employees and Department of Energy employees, 
contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Baker Brothers site 
in Toledo, Ohio, during the applicable covered residual radiation 
and remediation period from January 1, 1945, through December 31, 
1996.


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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q.

John Howard
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2013-25508 Filed 10-28-13; 8:45 am]
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