[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 67942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26747]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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 West Valley
Demonstration Project in West Valley, New York, as an addition to the
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grady Calhoun, Director, Division of
Compensation Analysis and Support, NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-
46, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, Telephone 513-533-6800. Information
requests can also be submitted by email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 2019, 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 Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the West Valley
Demonstration Project in West Valley, New York, during the period
from January 1, 1969, through December 31, 1973, 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 November 24, 2019. Therefore,
beginning on November 24, 2019, members of this class of employees,
defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C).
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2019-26747 Filed 12-11-19; 8:45 am]
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