[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46943-46944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17017]


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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 Argonne National 
Laboratory-West in Scoville, Idaho, 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).


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    On June 3, 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 employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor 
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the 
Argonne National Laboratory-West during the time period from April 
10, 1951, through December 31, 1957, 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 July 3, 2016. Therefore, 
beginning on July 3, 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. 2016-17017 Filed 7-18-16; 8:45 am]
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