[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 3384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00932]
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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 Rocky Flats Plant
in Golden, Colorado, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000.
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].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C).
On December 12, 2013, as provided for under the Secretary of HHS
designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:
All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the
Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado, from April 1, 1952, through
December 31, 1983, 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 January 11, 2014. Hence,
beginning on January 11, 2014, members of this class of employees,
defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-00932 Filed 1-17-14; 8:45 am]
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