[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 37641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16268]


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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 Grand Junction 
Facilities site in Grand Junction, 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, 1090 Tusculum 
Avenue, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, 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 May 20, 
2015, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C), 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 at the 
Grand Junction Facilities site in Grand Junction, Colorado, during 
the period from February 1, 1975, through December 31, 1985, 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 in the Special Exposure Cohort.

    This designation became effective on June 19, 2015. Therefore, 
beginning on June 19, 2015, 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. 2015-16268 Filed 6-30-15; 8:45 am]
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