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

Federal Register: June 9, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 110)

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health;

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 from the Canoga Avenue Facility, Los Angeles County,

California, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On May 14, 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

Canoga Avenue Facility, Los Angeles County, California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960 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 will become effective June 13, 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. 2010-13795 Filed 6-8-10; 8:45 am

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