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

Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)

Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)

Notices

Pages 58381-58382

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2012-23207

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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), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees from Clarksville Modification Center, Ft. Campbell, in Clarksville, Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On August 23, 2012, 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 Clarksville Modification Center, Fort Campbell, in Clarksville, Tennessee, from August 1, 1949, through December 31, 1967, 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 will become effective on September 22, 2012, unless Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the

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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, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1-877-222-7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV.

John Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

FR Doc. 2012-23207 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am

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