[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 53520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22042]
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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 Westinghouse
Electric Corp. 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 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 28, 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 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 became effective on August 27, 2015. Therefore,
beginning on August 27, 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. 2015-22042 Filed 9-3-15; 8:45 am]
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