[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47493-47494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19471]
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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 Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Bloomfield, New
Jersey, 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 1-877-222-7570.
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 July 31, 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 Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the facility owned by
Westinghouse Electric Corp., in Bloomfield, New Jersey, during the
period from February
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1, 1958, through May 31, 1958, or during the period from June 1,
1959, through June 30, 1959, 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 August 27, 2015, 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.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-19471 Filed 8-6-15; 8:45 am]
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