[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07935]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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 of a 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 27, 2014, 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 Co. at the covered facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from
March 1, 1943, through July 31, 1948, 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 will become effective on April 26, 2014, unless
Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this
effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the Federal Register
reporting the addition of this class to the SEC or the result of any
provision by Congress regarding the decision by HHS to add the class to
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 1-877-222-7570.
Information requests can also be submitted by email to [email protected].
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-07935 Filed 4-8-14; 8:45 am]
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