[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 64502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25516]
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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 Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, 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 employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the
Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, from January 1, 1951, through
December 31, 1957.
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. 2013-25516 Filed 10-28-13; 8:45 am]
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