Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

Federal Register: April 28, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 81)

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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),

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees at the Nevada Test Site as an addition to the Special

Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On April 5, 2010, 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 its contractors and subcontractors who worked at the

Nevada Test Site, from January 1, 1963 through December 31, 1992, 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 SEC.

This designation will become effective on May 5, 2010, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Interim Director,

Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46,

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877-222-7570. Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to DCAS@CDC.GOV.

John Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

FR Doc. 2010-9860 Filed 4-27-10; 8:45 am

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