[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 3385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00933]



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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 Sandia National 
Laboratories-Livermore in Livermore, California, 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 its contractors and subcontractors who worked in any 
area at Sandia National Laboratories-Livermore in Livermore, 
California, from October 1, 1957, through December 31, 1994, 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. 2014-00933 Filed 1-17-14; 8:45 am]
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