[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 46943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17019]
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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 Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in Livermore, California, 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 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 in any
area at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore,
California, during the period from January 1,1974, through December
31, 1989, 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. 2016-17019 Filed 7-18-16; 8:45 am]
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