[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16188-16189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06797]


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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 Battelle 
Laboratories-King Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, 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:


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    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C).

    On February 18, 2016, 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 
the Battelle Laboratories at the King Avenue site in Columbus, Ohio, 
during the period from July 1, 1956, through December 31, 1970, 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 March 19, 2016. Therefore, 
beginning on March 19, 2016, 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. 2016-06797 Filed 3-24-16; 8:45 am]
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